60 Proceedings. 



\_J\Iicroscopical and Natural History Section.'] 



Ordinary Meeting, November 9th, 1891. 

 Mr. Charles Bailey, F.L.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. H. Hyde gave the result of some observations on 

 the common Ring Snake, which he had kept in captivity. 

 He had found that it was able to twine itself round a gas 

 pipe, and thus raise itself up so as to escape out of the top 

 of the vivarium. 



Mr. Mark Stirrup made a communication about the 

 new mammal lately discovered in Australia by Professor 

 Stirling. 



Mr. Boyd exhibited under the microscope the Gamasus, 

 so often found parasitic on beetles. 



General Meeting, November 17th, 1891. 



Edward Schunck, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. Samuel Joyce, A.I.Elec.E., Manchester, was 

 elected an ordinary member of the Society. 



