Proceedings. 179 



[Microscopical and Natural History Section?^ 



Ordinary Meeting, January 19th, 1891. 



Alex. Hodgkinson, M.B., B.Sc., President of the section, 



in the Chair. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill exhibited four land shells of 

 great curiosity, interest, and beauty, recently described, all 

 from the Old world, viz. : — 



Diaphora Moellendorfiana (Hidalgo) from Cebu I. 



Helix retisculpta (v Mart.) from Ussal, Damaraland. 



Opisthostoma grandispinosum (Godwin-Austen), from 

 Borneo. 



Cyathopoina aries (v Moellendorf) from Cebu I. 

 Phillipines. 



There were also exhibited by the PRESIDENT the remark- 

 able fungus on the caterpillar of the New Zealand Swift 

 moth, which is eaten by the Maoris ; and by Mr. SCOWCROFT, 

 a number of flowers dried by a new method so as to preserve 

 their form and colour. 



