lii PROCEEDINGS, 



and projected upon the screen. One of these was of plasmodium 

 kept for two years in a dried state and then revived by moisture 

 and warmth. Concluding, the lecturer said that thi'ough the 

 recent researches of local workers in this subject, it had been 

 shown that out of the 180 species of Mycetozoa known to science 

 as occurring in the whole world, about half of the forms occurred 

 in Herts, Beds, and Bucks, and in one wood in Bedfordshire one 

 third of the whole had been recorded in recent years. 



The lecture was illustrated by means of the oxy-hydrogen 

 lantern, kindly lent and manipulated by Mr. Thomas Askwith, 

 to whom a vote of thanks was accorded. 



Oedinaey Meeting, 22nd Decembee, 1896, at Watfoed. 



Aethtje Steadling, Esq., M.E.C.S., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Mr. r. Arthur Campion, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., and Mr. J. Denison 

 Jordan, were elected Members of the Society. 



The discussion on the formation of District Unions of Natural 

 History Societies, adjourned from the meeting on 8th December, 

 was continued, and the following resolutions were passed : — 



1. That Unions of Natural History and Archaeological Societies are desirable. 



2. That the Hertfoi'dshire Natural History Society is willing to join in the 

 formation of a Union for the Registration District of the South-Midland Counties 

 (Hertford, Buckingham, Oxford, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, and 

 Cambridge) . 



3. That should Eegistration Districts not be generally adopted for the Unions, 

 the County of Essex be added to this Union. 



4. That the chief objects of the Unions be to promote mutual intercourse, to 

 provide lecturers, and to assist museums within their districts, the present inde- 

 pendent publication of proceedings by each Society being continued. 



5. That annual meetings or congresses of each Union be held in succession in 

 the principal towns within its district. 



6. That the Unions be managed by an Executive Council consisting of the 

 President, Secretary or Secretaries, and one or two other members of each 

 Society of which they are formed. 



7. That the expenses of each Union be met by a small capitation- grant or 

 percentage of the annual subscriptions contributed to each Society within it. 



8. That the resolutions pftssed at this meeting be communicated to the 

 Secretary of the Scientific Societies' Committee of the British Association. 



Mr. T. Vaughan Boberts read a paper entitled " Extracts from 

 a Naturalist's Notebook," being chiefly the results of his own 

 observations in various departments of Natural History. 



The President delivered a lecture on "Plying." 



Oedinaey Meeting, 26Tn Jantjaey, 1897, at Watford. 



Arthur Stradling, Esq., M.R.C.S., F.Z.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Mr. Horace Tuppin was elected a Member of the Society. 



