Proceedings. 205 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section.] 



Annual Meeting, April 21st, 1890. 



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

 in the Chair. 



Mr. W. Richardson Scowcroft was elected an 

 associate. 



Mr. P. CAMERON showed specimens of Aspidiotus thece, 

 a scale insect from the tea plantations of northern India, and 

 a chalcid parasitic on it, which has not yet been described ; 

 also a necklace from South Africa, composed of white ants' 

 eggs. 



Mr. E. PYEMONT COLLETT exhibited various species of 

 Aregma, and Mr. Thomas ROGERS exhibited young plants 

 of Gunnera scabra, showing the water gland. A discussion 

 ensuing on the presence of this plant in Guernsey, Mr. 

 MELVILL mentioned that he had been informed a day or 

 two before by the Rev. R. P. Murray, that he had seen an 

 enormous stretch of down on the Pownall Hills, Somerset- 

 shire, covered with a dense growth of Phlomis fruticosa, 

 which has been known there for several years and is still 

 increasing. It is a native of the Mediterranean region of 

 Southern Europe. Bapleiirum fructicosum (L.) in the same 

 way is plentifully established on the Malvern Hills, near 

 the Herefordshire Beacon. 



Mr. P. Cameron read a paper entitled " Hymenoptera 

 Orientalis, or contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenop- 

 tera of the Indian Zoological Region : Part II." 



The Secretary read the thirty-second annual report of 

 the Council of the Section, and the Treasurer submitted the 

 annual balance sheet and statement of accounts. 



