Proceedings. 



\_Microscopical and Natural History Section?^ 



Ordinary Meeting, October 8th, 1888. 



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

 Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Arthur Hutton was elected a member of the 

 Section. 



Mr. Thomas Rogers exhibited a small collection of 

 shells from the neighbourhood of Brisbane, Queensland, 

 Australia. 



Mr. P. Cameron, F.E.S., communicated some notes on 

 the excessive abundance of Aphis dianthi, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Manchester in September. 



He also read a paper describing ten new species of 

 Hymenoptera. 



