262 EEPOETS OF MEETINGS. 



CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SECTIOK 



DURINGr the session three meetings were held, and the 

 following papers read : — 

 November 26th. — " On Some Lecture Experiments in 

 Static Electricity," by Mr. D. Rintoul. " On Some Chemical 

 Experiments," by Mr. W. A. Shenstone. "On Some Ex- 

 periments on High Vacua," by Professor A. P. Chattock. 



January 26th. — " On Explosions in Coal Mines from Gases 

 derived from Coal Dust," by Mr. Donald M. Stuart. 



March 23rd. — " On the Action of Chloroform and Potash 

 on Amido-benzoic Acid," by Mr. W. J. Elliott. " On the 

 Combustion of Carbon," by Mr. E. H. Strange. " On the 

 Composition of American Petroleum," by Dr. S. Young. 



LLEWELYN N. TYACK, Hon. Sec. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION, 1896-97. 



NO excursions were taken during the summer of 1896. 

 Five meetings were held during the winter. No 

 papers were read, but some interesting specimens have been 

 exhibited, as follows : — 



November 10th. — Mr. Mounteney showed some fine ex- 

 amples of Lyccena arion taken on the Cotteswolds this year. 



December 15th. — Mr. G. C. Griffiths exhibited some 

 varieties of the Lepidoptera, amongst others being Luhrici' 

 peda Y Sirs, fasciat a and radiata ; Menthastri vars. carhonica and 

 ocJiracea ; and Viminalis var. ohscura. Mr. Harding exhibited 

 a large number of species of Lepidoptera injurioas to garden 

 and farm crops. There were also shown some figures of the 

 ova of Lepidoptera drawn by Mr. Wheeler. 



At the annual meeting held on February 23rd the follow- 

 ing resolution was passed : " That Entomologists not residing 

 in Bristol be asked to become Honorary Corresponding 



