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MANCHESTER CRYPTOGAMIC SOCIETY.—At the last meeting of 
this Society, held on Feb. 20th, Captain Cunliffe, F.R.M.S., who was in the 
chair, exhibited varieties of Dzstichium capellaceum and Grimmia apocarpa, as 
well as a series of slides of species of the genus Andrcea, which had been 
collected during the recent Scotch excursion, but had not been fully determined. 
Their further examination had been undertaken by Mr. Cash. 
Mr. Stanley exhibited a number of Hepatics which he had mounted for 
microscopical investigation. 
Mr. W. H. Pearson made a few remarks on one of the forms of Lophocolea 
ardentata, which had been raised to the rank of a species by Limpricht under 
the name of Lophocolea cuspedata. 
It is distinguished from the typical form in addition to other characters by 
being monoicous. Dr. Carrington and Prof. Lindberg record it from Ireland, 
Mr. George Davis from the South of England, Mr. Wild from Stump Wood, 
and Mr, Pearson from Bettwys-y-Coed. It is probably commonly distributed, 
and many of the species are peculiar in having a strong aromatic smell. 
MANCHESTER MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY MOUNTING CLASS. 
—At the last meeting of the mounting class the evening was devoted. to practical 
illustrations with the dissecting table, Mr. W. Chaffers, the demonstrator, 
showing what beautiful and instructive objects for microscopical investigation 
such creatures as the much-despised cock-roach could furnish. The gizzard of 
the cricket was carefully and quickly dissected and compared with that of the 
cockroach, and directions given for mounting them, after which the tongues of 
the horse fly (Tabanus) and the cricket (Gryllus domesticus) were extracted and 
commented upon as the operation proceeded. The gizzard of the cockroach is a 
wonderfully constructed apparatus, armed internally with rows of formidable 
teeth, and externally connected with powerful muscles. It is usual to cut the 
gizzard open for mounting, so as to display its structure and gastric teeth, but it 
Is a very instructive and pleasing object viewed whole, externally; not much 
unlike, in miniature, some dark-coloured jelly turned out of a pretty conical 
mould. The tongues of the cricket and the horse fly, and in fact the tongues of 
insects generally, are very elegant formations, structures of fairy-like lace work 
and proportions, objects of admiration and astonishment to all who look at them 
through the microscope. 
MANCHESTER MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.—The third annual 
soirée in connection with this Society was held in the large lecture hall of the 
Manchester Athenzum, on Saturday evening, Feb. 25th. Over 400 persons, 
including many ladies, were present. The President, Mr. Thomas Brittain, 
F.R.M.S., in introducing the Rev. W. H. Dallinger, called attention to the 
