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The Secretary reported the result of competition for the prizes 
given by this Society to the Intercolonial Juvenile Exhibition of 
Melbourne, and exhibited the slides, upwards of 250, shown by 
six competitors. The majority of these were astonishingly good, 
and were much admired. 
2 5 th March , 1880. 
The President, Dr. Ralph, in the chair. 
Mr. C. P. Ogilvie, F.L.S., was present as a visitor. 
The Secretary acknowledged receipt, per favour of Dr. Ralph, 
of a parcel of pamphlets, being Proceedings of the New Zealand 
Institute, as a donation from that Society. Also from Mr. Petterd, 
of Tasmania, a parcel of valuable materials for slides, consisting 
of Diatoms, Foraminifera, <fcc., &c. 
As there were only a few members present, owing to its being 
Easter week, the meeting was adjourned early. 
29 tli April , 1880. 
Ordinary Meeting. 
The President, Dr. Ralph, in the chair. 
Mr. E. Bage was nominated as a new member. 
Dr. Ralph continued his resume of the Proceedings of the Belgian 
Microscopical Society , detailing particulars of three interesting 
papers therein, namely :—Staining with Picric Acid , Preserving 
Infusoria by means of Osmic Acid, and On the Phallus of Diatoms. 
Mr. Goldstein described and figured three new species of 
Polyzoa, Serialaria immensa , S. intermedia , and a new Bicellariad , 
for the reception of which he erected a new genus, named 
Stirparia , to include also the Bicellaria annulata of Mr. 
Maplestone, both species having a peculiar stem which separated 
them from other genera in the same family. 
Dr. Ralph read an article from Nature , of 11th March 
1880, on the destruction of insect pests, by means of Isaria 
