SESSION 1898-9-1. xi 



The followinc: k^cturc was delivered : — 



""Woodland Wanderers, or the Mycetozoa." By James Saunders. 



An extempore lecture, the substance of which, with additions, was 

 afterwards embodied in " Furtber Notes on the Mycctozoa, with 

 a List of Species from Herts, Eeds, and Bucks." (Transactions, 

 Vol. YIII, p. 65.) 



The lecture was illustrated by photographic slides representing 

 most of the Mycctozoa alluded to, sho^T^l by the oxy-hydrogen 

 lantern lent and manipulated by Mr. H. C. Wardale ; and a slide 

 with living and mo-sTng plasmodium of a Badhamia. 



OiUDrN^XRT Meetinct, 23rd jAjfUAEY, 1894, AT Watford. 



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

 Chair. 



Mr. J. Goodwin, Mr. Thomas Hope, Mr. Clement Janes, Mr. 

 Picton Jones, Mrs. Osborne, Dr. H. A. Rudyard, Mr. Bupert W. 

 Sedgwick, Mr. Thomas Turner, and the Rev. Arthur Wilson, M.A., 

 were elected Members of the Society. 



Dr. Adams Clarke, Bushey, Watford ; Mr. Arthur Dudgeon, 

 Xorthbank, Watford ; Mr. E. G. Oddie, Oxford Lodge, Watford ; 

 Mr. S. H. Spencer, jun., 45, Gladstone Road, Watford; and Mr. 

 W. H. Williams, Alexandra Road, Watford, were proposed for 

 membership. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 



" The Lower Micro-organisms and their Relation to Every-day 

 Life." By D. Harvey Attfield, M.A., M.B., CM., D'P.H. 

 (Cantab.). {Transactions, Yol. VIII, p. 13.) 



A discussion ensued in which the President, Dr. Brett, and 

 Dr. Morison took part. 



The lecture was illustrated by means of the oxy-hydrogen lantern, 

 and by living micro-organisms shown under the microscope. 



Special Meeting, 23rd January, 1894. 

 (At Watford.) 



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

 Chair. 



This meeting was convened for the pui'pose of considering and 

 passing certain alterations of the Rules proposed by the Council. 

 Mr. Hopkiuson stated that the principal alterations would have 

 the effect of extending considerably the objects of the Society, and 

 of admitting another class of members, to be called "corresponding- 

 members." He then read the Rules with the revisions proposed, 

 explaining the alterations, which were put to the meeting seriatim 

 and carried. 



