126 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



EEPORT ON THE WORK OF THE BIOLOGICAL SECTION 

 OF THE ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY DURING 

 1918-19. 



{Read at the First 3Ieeting of the Twelfth Session 

 of the Section.) 



It is my pleasing duty at this Meeting to submit the Eleventh Annual 

 Report on the Biological Section, which will show that the Section has 

 not only survived the turbulent times through which we have passed 

 during the last five years, but that it has steadily increased in member- 

 ship and maintained the interest of its Meetings. The usual Meetings 

 were held on the first Wednesdays of the months November to June, 

 at which the average attendance was 25*6, as against the previous record 

 of 22*4 for the Session 1916-17. At the February Meeting only nine 

 Members were present, but these enthusiasts braved the snowstorm then 

 raging, and the risk of having to walk to their homes owing to the strike 

 of the railway employees then in progress. 



The November Meeting was held at the King's College Laboratory, 

 Chandos Street, on the invitation of our President, Mr. J. E. Barnard, 

 who exhibited and described the various microscopical and optical appa- 

 ratus used in his important researches on ultra-violet light, etc., and his 

 assistant, Mr. Welch, gave a demonstration in staining bacteria. 



At the Meeting on December 4, 1918, Mr. C. D. Soar gave a short 

 description of " A Species of Uropoda'"' 



The Meeting on January 8, 1919, was occupied by Mr. D. J. 

 Scourfield, who described the " Sense-organs of Daphnia and its Allies." 



Mr. A. W. Shepherd, on February 5, described the " Pollen-chamber 

 of Cycads and its Function," and on March 5 Mr. F. Martin Duncan 

 exhibited and described some interesting Marine Crustacea. The Meet- 

 ing on April 2 was occupied by Sir Nicholas Yermoloff, K.C.B., who 

 gave some "Notes on Flagellates," and by Mr. H. Taverner, who 

 described " Colour-Photography as applied to Photomicrography." At 

 the Meeting held on May 7 Mr. F. A. Parsons read some notes on a 

 " Pycnogon," and Mr. N. E. Brown, A.L.S., made a communication on 

 " Starch and its Formation." At the last Meeting, on June 4, Mr. E. J. 

 Sheppard gave some notes on " Original Work on the Rat-Flea." 



In addition to these more formal communications, many interesting 

 specimens were shown under microscopes by the Fellows and described 

 by them, and these formed very valuable topics for discussion which 

 added greatly to the interest of the Meetings. J. Wilson. 



