CONTENTS 



PROCEEDINGS. page 



23rd Annual Meeting i 



President's Address ii 



New Members elected xvi 



Library xvii 



Exhibits xvii 



Treasurer's Balance Sheet xix 



TRANSACTIONS. 



The Early History of the Microscope. By Thomas D. Aldous, 



F.R.M.S 1 



Abnormal Forms and Variations in the Animal Kingdom. By 



E DWARD LOVETT 10 



On the Microscopical Structure of Hearthstone from Betchworth, 



Surrey. By W. Murton Holmes 17 



Observations on the Emergence of the Crane Fly {Tijnila oleracen). 



By Charles H. Goodman 20 



On some remarkable Fii'e-making Apparatus from Bajpootana, 



India. By Edward Lovett 21 



Abstract of Paper on the Mouths of Insects, liy C. H. Goodman 22 



Notes on Norway. By Henry T. Mennell, F.L. S 25 



Report of the Meteorological Sub-Committee for 1892. Prepared 



by F. C. Bayard, F.R.Met.Soc 28 



(Lxoglyou 'glitrasto^ital auir |;at«ral f istorjj Club. 



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OFFICERS FOR 1893. 



President. — H. Franklin Parsons, M.D., F.G.S. 



Vice-Presidents. — John Berney, F.R.M.S. ; Philip Crowley, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. ; Henry S. Eaton, M.A., F.R. Met, Soc. ; 

 Henry T. Mennell, F.L.S. ; Henry G. Thompson, M.D., J. P., &c. ; 

 Edward Lovett. 



Treasurer. — Edward B. Sturge. 



Librarian. — F. C. Bayard, LL.M., F.R. Met. Soc. 



Committee. — J. Weir Brown; H. C. Collyer ; Thos. Cushing, 

 F.K.A.S. ; C. H. Goodman; H. D. Gower ; W. Murton Holmes; 

 K. McKean, F.L.S. ; C. Lanfear; AV. Low Sarjeant. 



Hon. Secretary, — Thos. D. Aldous, F.R.M.S., 37, St. Peter's 

 Road, Croydon, to whom all communications may be addressed. 



