April 12th, 1897.] Proceedings. xxxiii. 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section.~\ 



Ordinary Meeting, March 15th, 1897. 



Mark Stirrup, F.G.S., President of the Section, 

 in the Chair. 



Mr. J. F. Allen and Mr. W. R. Scowcroft were 

 elected auditors. 



A paper was contributed by Mr. Peter Cameron on 

 the " Chrysididae of the Oriental Region," illustrated by 

 specimens. 



Mr. Mark Stirrup exhibited a drawing of a bird Pteri- 

 dophora Albevti Meyer. During the breeding season the male 

 has two feathers depending from the eyes several times the 

 length of the bird (see Bulletin du Museum d'histoire Naturelle, 

 Annee 1895, No. 2). 



Mr. Rogers exhibited a fungus Torrubia gracilis growing 

 out of the chrysalis of a moth found near Marple. 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section.] 



Annual Meeting, April 12th, 1897. 



Mark Stirrup, F.G.S., President of the Section, 

 in the Chair. 



The Annual Report of the Council and the Treasurer's 

 Financial Statement were submitted and adopted. 



The following officers and Council were elected for the 

 session 1897-98 : President, Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. ; Vice- 

 Presidents, John Boyd, J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S. ; 



