6 r [Proc. B.N.F.C 



Winter Session. 



Note. — The Authors of the various Papers of which abstracts 

 are given, ate alone responsible for the views expressed in them. 



ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE. 



The Fiftieth Winter Session of the Club was inaugurated by 

 a Conversazione held in the Assembly Buildings on 31st October. 

 A very interesting series of exhibits had been arranged on tables 

 in the body of the hall, and the company, numbering three 

 hundred and ten, spent a most enjoyable evening examining the 

 various objects. 



In the Zoological Section a special exhibit, lent by the 

 Belfast Municipal Museum, attracted much attention. It included 

 models illustrating insects injurious to agricultural and forest 

 crops. Mr. F. Balfour Browne showed drawings illustrating 

 points of interest in the life history of some Water-Beetles. A 

 special appeal had been made to members to exhibit objects of 

 interest to members of the Junior Section, and many were kind 

 enough to respond, amongst whom may be mentioned Mr. F. C. 

 Forth, who exhibited a fine collection of Entomological and 

 Botanical specimens, mounted in frames under glass. Mr. 

 William Gray exhibited the cornea of an insect's eye, showing 

 multiple images. Mr. Nevin H. Foster showed six species of 

 living Woodlice, and had a short account of these animals printed, 

 of which copies were distributed. Mr. Joseph Maxwell and 

 Mr. William Duncan showed living examples of Stephanoceros 

 t»/VA<>r/iiJ,bytheaid of the microscope, from a brick-pond at Oldpark. 

 This species of Rotifer is now found to be fairly common around 



