ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE. 
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Mr. C. T. Parsons, Tongue of Cat; Mr. C. H. Saunders, Feet of 
Spider; Mr. J. Edmonds, Ova of Liparis; Mr. W. B. Grove, a 
Bacterium in the rod and coccus stage; Mr. J. Morley, Arachnoidiscus; 
Mr. W. P. Marshal], Fruit of Golden Fern and Anthers of Lily; 
Mr. J. E. Bagnall, Capsule of Scale-Moss and Peristomes of Mosses; 
Mrs. Babone, Volvox globator; Mr. F. Derry, Spores of Osmunda; 
Professor W. Hillhouse, fifteen slides illustrating the Continuity of 
Protoplasm; Mr. S. Walliker, section of Couch Grass stem by 
polarised light; Dr. H. W. Crosskey, Eozoon Canadense; Mr. T. II. 
Waller, section of Obsidian from Mexico, showing polarisation by 
strain round a crystal ; Mr. S. Allport, Splierulitic Bhyolite; Mr. J. 
Potts, Silex Avanturine, and Ancient Lava from Naples. 
Mr. T. Bolton exhibited a number of slides showing insect scales 
arranged like flowers; mounted groups of Diatoms, one of which, of 
extraordinary beauty, was exhibited by Mr. J. F. Greenwa^ ; Marine 
Diatoms; Fresh-water Sponge; Skeleton of Frog (arranged by E. 
Wade Wilton); and a most beautiful and instructive series of Marine 
Animals, in tubes, from Naples, including Medusaa, Screw Coralline, 
Salpae, and Tubularia. Mr, F. J. Cullis showed a number of living 
Lampreys from the Severn, also a preserved Sea Lamprey, and a 
series of Amphioxus. Mr. F. Enock exhibited a large number of 
slides mounted by himself, special attention being directed to a series 
of the Mymaridje (the most minute winged insects in Great Britain), 
including M. cosmocoma and many as yet undescribed species. Mr. J. 
H. Shocbotham exhibited a large number of Photographs of Wood 
Sections, and took one (in thirty seconds) during the evening, showing 
and explaining the whole process. 
In the galleries, Professor Hillhouse exhibited Models and Raw 
Materials illustrating the Chemistry of Beer, and a series of large 
diagrams illustrating the Vegetable Kingdom ; Mr. W. Southall, thirty 
varieties of the Common Gourd ( Cucarbita Pepo) grown in the open 
air; Mr. W. R. Hughes, Euplcctella aspergillum , (Venus’s Flower- 
basket Sponge), from the Phillipine Islands, and Spongia oculifera, 
from the chalk; and, on behalf of Mr. H. J. Carter, F.R.S., a beau¬ 
tiful Purple Sponge, Suberites Wilsoni, from Australia; Rev. W. 
Robinson, Ammonites from South Somerset; Mr. W. J. Harrison, a 
collection of Rocks, Fossils, and Meteorites, with models employed in 
teaching Physiology, etc.; Mr. S. Walliker, a number of interesting 
relics from Cyprus, including Vases, Effigies, and Lamps, a Moorish 
matchlock, Japanese Sword, Mate Teapot, etc.; Mr. J. E. Bagnall, a 
collection of Mosses from Bolton Woods, Yorkshire ; Rev. H. Boyden, 
British Sea-Weeds; Mr. W. B. Grove, a large collection of Fungi, from 
Sutton Park, including Corlinarius collinitus , Ptychogaster albus, the rare 
Russula drimeia , and the edible species, Agaricus rubescens , A. nebularis , 
A. ostreatus, Coprinus atramentarius , and G. comatus; Mr. R. W. Chase, 
a much-admired collection of British Birds’Nests and Eggs; Mr. J. 
Gibbins, British Birds’ Eggs. Collections of Birds and other Animals 
were also exhibited by Messrs. Franklin, Coburn Bros., and Spicer. 
