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Journal of the 
24 th June, 1880. 
Ordinary Meeting. 
The President, Dr. Balph, in the chair. 
Professor Palph Tate and Dr. Hector were duly elected as 
honorary members. 
Dr. Balph read a paper on the Blood of Equine Animals , in 
which he maintained that the red corpuscles in the Mammalia are 
globular while in the living animal, only becoming discoid when 
exposed to the atmosphere. He described a remarkable peculiarity 
in the condition of some of the colourless corpuscles of the blood 
of the horse, which contained many nuclei quite filling the corpuscle, 
instead of one or two nuclei as is usual in mammalian blood. 
The Secretary read a paper by Mr. Maplestone, describing three 
new species of Polyzoa, viz., Bugula ntfa, B. globosa and CalweUia 
gracilis; and enumerating several species not previously recorded 
from Victoria. These were Beania Australis, Farciminaria 
aculeata, Fascicuhpora vamosa, Biachor'is crotali, Idmonea contorta 
and Frondipora reticulata. 
29 th July, 1880. 
Ordinary Meeting. 
The President, Dr. Balph, in the chair. 
Mr. C. Elliott was duly elected a member. 
The Secretary read two papers by Mr. W. H. Wooster, one on 
Mounting in Lines and Patterns, the other on How the Lerp 
Crystal Palace is Built. The former paper recommended that a 
very thin coat of isinglass should be spread over a covering-glass 
and allowed to dry, the diatoms or other small objects being 
arranged upon it and fixed by breathing upon the cover after each 
one is placed in position. Both papers were illustrated by 
specimen slides. 
26th August, 1880. 
Ordinary Meeting. 
In the absence of the President, Mr. Barnard occupied the 
chair. 
The Secretary acknowledged receipt from the Boyal Micro¬ 
scopical Society of three parts of their Journal. 
