viii Proceedings. [November 6th, iSgg. 



[Microscopical and Natural History Sectioni\ 



Ordinary Meeting, November 6th, 1899. 



Chari.es Bailey, F.L.S., President of the Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. RociKRs exhibited a large fungus parasitic on the leaves 

 of an Aloe, which grows abundantly on the hill sides. Cape 

 Colony, and which has been described and figured by Mr. George 

 Massee, in the Gardeners' C/ironicie, October 14th, 1899, as anew 

 species under the name Afontat^neita maxifna. 



Mr. Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. exhibited a collection of fossils 

 from the subterranean quarries of the Montagne de St. Pierre, 

 Maestricht. The rock quarried is placed above the chalk and 

 below the tertiaries, and the corals, shells, and zoophytes found 

 indicate a warm climate. He also described the skull of the 

 Mosasauriis camperi found there last century, and now in the 

 Natural History Museum, Paris. 



Mr. Teter Cameron exhibited a bug, Zicrona ccerulea, 

 found by him on a moor at Roworth, near Marple ; the species 

 is not common in this country, but has a wide distribution, 

 extending into Ja[)an. The specimen has been presented to 

 Owens Colleiie. 



