cxxxvi. Proceedings. 



The President gave notice that the soiree of the Waltham- 

 stovv Microscopical Club would be held on the following- 

 Monday, and that anyone who could exhibit would oblige by 

 sending his name at once to the hon. sec, Mr. Goldthwaite. 



Mr. Edward Lovett then read the report of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Zoological Sub-Committee. (See Trans. 



^'■f- 35-; 



After some remarks from the Rev. E. M. Geldart and the 

 President, the Club passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Lovett. 



The President stated that he regretted to have to announce 

 the death of Mr. Hudson, F.R.S, of Clapham Common, who 

 was one of the early members of the Club. 



The following objects were exhibited, viz. : — By the Presi- 

 dent, a large series of lepidoptera, embracing many rare and 

 local insects from the neighbourhood of Croydon ; Mr. 

 Edward Lovett, cases of insects, illustrating the protective 

 resemblance of insects to the objects upon which they rest, 

 hybrid of 5. ocellatus and 5. populi, Sec; Mr. Collyer, speci- 

 mens of lepidoptera captured in the Croydon district; Mr. 

 Low Sargeant, portable incandescent lamp and battery, also 

 microscopic photographs taken by means of this lamp ; Mr. 

 N. Waterall, two pieces of marble from Italy, believed to have 

 been procured from the Coliseum of Rome. 



Ordinary Meeting, i\th March, 1883. 

 John Berney, Esq., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed. 



The President stated that it was with very great regret 

 that he had to announce the death of Dr. Foottit, who was an 

 old and valued member of the Club. 



The President gave notice that the annual soiree of the 

 New Cross Microscopical Society would be held on the 4th 

 April, and that the co-operation of members was invited. 



Mr. William Castle Turner was duly elected a member of 

 the Club. 



The following donations were announced : — The Journal of 

 the Northamptonshire N. H. Soc, February, 1883 ; Report of 

 the South London Entom. Soc, 1882; and the Journal of the 

 Royal Microscopical Society. 



The President reported that at the last conversational 

 meeting Mr. W. Low Sargeant gave a demonstration of 

 staining and mounting vegetable tissues. Mr. Sargeant 

 showed firstly the method of embedding the tissue in paraffin 

 wax and of cutting transverse, diagonal, or horizontal sections, 

 the apparatus being of his own designing ; secondly, the 



