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MICEOSCOPICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SECTION. 



October 8tli. 1883. 



J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.LS., President of the 

 Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. Henry Hyde, of 2, Ellesmere Street, Regent Road, 

 Salford, was elected an Associate of the Section. 



Mr. Chad WICK exhibited slides of Halecium — Halecinum 

 and Bugula turbinata, both mounted with the tentacles 

 fully extended, and explained the method of preparation, 

 Kleinenberg's picric acid solution being used for the first, 

 and absolute alcohol for the second. 



Mr. C. Bailey exhibited specimens of Naias Major all 

 collected by Mr. Arthur Bennett, at Hickling Broad East, 

 Norfolk. Also living specimens of Caulinia alaganensis. 

 Poll., and Chara (coronata) Brannii, Gmel., from the 

 neighbourhood of Reddish. 



November 5th, 1883. 



J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President of the 

 Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. Hyde exhibited specimens of Typha AngustifoHa 

 and Typha Latifolia, found growing together in a pond 

 near Shrewsbury. 



Also Strawberry flowers gathered during the week, in a 

 garden near Sale, where nearly the whole bed was in flower. 



Mr. Melvill exhibited specimens of the curious Beetle 

 Mormolyce Phyllodes (Hagenback), from Java, and read 

 the description given in the Rev. J. G. Wood's "Insects 

 Abroad." 



