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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Society, just as the work of abstracting chemical papers is performed by 
the Chemical Society, whose journals thus consist (a) of their own 
Transactions, and (6) of abstracts from all other chemical journals. 
Since, however, according to the scheme sketched in the text, there is 
abundance of work for the Linnean Society, it is conceivable that the 
interests of science might be best served by the publishing of such 
abstracts being left to another organization, as at present.) ” 
Prof. Bell said they had received a communication from Mr. Gr. 
Morton as to some new collecting bottles which he was making for the 
use of the microscopists ; and he had been asked in reply to send some 
samples to that meeting for the Fellows to see for themselves. These 
were placed upon the table for this purpose. 
He had also a letter from the Secretary of the London Stereoscopic 
Company offering to place their rooms at the free disposal of any Fellows 
of the Society who might like to make use of them for the purpose of 
printing and finishing photographs from their own negatives. 
Prof. Bell said it would no doubt be remembered that at their last 
meeting a drawing of a species of Farcularia, thought to be new, was 
sent by Mr. Dixon-Nuttall, and that it was decided to send it to 
Dr. Hudson for his opinion. Dr. Hudson had replied that from the 
description given he concurred in the opinion expressed by Mr. C. 
Rousselet that it was F. tenuiseta, but he concluded his letter by saying 
that he was unable to offer to examine the living animal in consequence 
of the condition of his eyesight. This was tire first intimation they had 
received of anything being amiss with Dr. Hudson in this respect, and 
Prof. Bell felt sure that it would be a m itter of groat regret to the Fellows 
of the Society to hear that such was the case. 
Mr. J. C. Wright has written a letter to the Society to defend 
the statement made in his former communication as to his having found 
some Rotifers attached to the gills of a newt. It appeared that he and 
a friend had carefully searched for more Rotifers in a similar position, 
but had been unable to find any. Mr. Wright added some further 
remarks in confirmation of his former description, which did not appear, 
however, to affect the question as to the objects which he found being 
Vorticellse. 
Mr. R. T. Lewis read his paper “On the Process of Oviposition 
observed in a species of Cattle Tick,” the subject being illustrated by a 
coloured diagram and drawings. The tick itself, which formed the 
subject of the note, was also handed round for inspection. 
The President thought they might congratulate Mr. Lewis upon the 
extremely interesting paper which he had just read, and also upon the 
lucid manner in which he had placed the subject before them. 
Mr. A. D. Michael said that he could not add very much to what 
Mr. Lewis had told them in his paper on that particular subject, because, 
so far as he kne v, the observation was entirely new, and he was not 
aware of any record of the process having been previously made. It 
