2,2 Proceedings. 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section^] 



Ordinary Meeting, October 7th, 1895. 



John Boyd, Esq., President of the Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. Rogers exhibited a branch of an acacia from 

 the Royal Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park, the furcated 

 spines of which are hollow at the base, and serve as a 

 nesting-place for a species of ant, which defends the tree 

 from the attacks of leaf-cutting ants. 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section.^ 

 Ordinary Meeting, November 4th, 1895. 



John Boyd, Esq., President of the Section, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. E. Hoyle, M.A., was elected a member of 

 the Section. 



Mr. Hyde exhibited a number of plants gathered near 

 Gatley, including the Xenodochus carbonarius. 



Mr. Oldham exhibited specimens of the British 

 palmated newt, so called from the palmated character 

 of the hind feet. He described the characteristics of the 

 species, one of which is a caudal filament, and mentioned 

 their adaptive and protective colouring, which becomes 

 darker or lighter, according to the colour of the ground on 

 which they live. The specimens exhibited were found in 

 a pond at Romiley. 



