Proceedings. 221 



Mr. Rogers exhibited a specimen of Butiinus oblongus 

 and its eggs ; also fossil shells from Fordingham, Lincoln- 

 shire. 



Mr. Hyde showed a specimen of shale, from Stockport, 

 found in a bed of sand 8 or 10 feet from the surface, covered 

 with rootlets, which, Mr. ROGERS suggested, might be the 

 Mycellium of a fungus. 



Mr. Chadwick exhibited under the microscope living 

 specimens of the Scyphistoma stage in the development of 

 a Scypho-medusa. 



{^Microscopical and Natural History Sectioii\. 



Ordinary Meeting, November 7th, 1892. 



The President of the Section, Mr, R. E. Cunliffe, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. G. H. Broadbent, M.R.C.S., was elected an 

 associate of the Section. 



Mr. Hyde exhibited specimens of strayed plants found 

 in the neighbourhood of Manchester. 



LiJium iisitatissimum. Coriandrwn satiormn. 



Hesperis matrojialis. Sila?is pratensis. 



Pi7npi7iella anisum. 



Mr. Stirrup exhibited specimens of nodules, found in 

 the coal measures, of iron pyrites from the chalk, Crayford, 

 Kent ; of flint nodules from Ventnor ; and a coral from 

 Ilfracombe. 



Mr. Rogers exhibited a black orange (both inside and 



