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packed under each other as closely as possible, are made to 
slide out until they remain in the fully developed wing like 
the tiles of a roof. He exhibited preserved specimens of the 
Currant moth and the Tiger moth, with the wings both in 
their small and in their expanded state, also a coloured 
sketch of one of them, and it was seen that in the unexpanded 
state the wings lie flat without any folding, and all their 
markings are a correct representation in miniature of what 
they ultimately become. 
January 30th, 1865. 
J. Sidebotham, Esq., President of the Section, 
in the Chair. 
Exhibitions and Presentations. 
Two powers for the Microscope (|in. and jin.), made by 
Mr. Dancer, presented to the Section by the Right Rev. the 
Lord Bishop of Manchester. 
Remains of an Ichthyosaurus. — T. Alcock. The points 
noticed were the bones situated in the triangular space 
enclosed by the lower jaw, which were -well shown as the 
creature lay on its back ; a broken rib reunited during life ; 
the numerous small bands of bone, three or four correspond- 
ing with each rib, encircling the body in front ; remains of 
skin in various parts ; and, in the situation of the stomach, a 
layer of minute teeth and fragments of scales, the remains of 
food taken during life. 
