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Proceedings. 



^Microscopical and Natural History Section^ 



Annual Meeting, April 27th, 1891. 



Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., in the Chair. 



There were exhibited by Mr. H. HYDE a dried specimen 

 of Sigarctus enclosing the shell, and a Murex covered by 

 the ova of some mollusc ; by Mr. E. Pyemont Collett, 

 F.E.S., Pleisthenes scutellatus (Dist.), recently described as 

 new to science, from S.W. New Guinea ; also nineteen 

 species of Ants' nest beetles with their hosts. 



Mr. P. Cameron, F.E.S., read Part III. of his '' Hymen- 

 optera Orientalist 



The Secretary read the thirty-third annual report of 

 the Council of the Section, and the Treasurer submitted the 

 annual balance sheet and statement of accounts. 



On the motion of Mr. Charles Bailey, F.L.S., seconded 

 by Mr. T. ROGERS, the report of the Council and the 

 accounts were approved. 



The following gentlemen were elected officers and 

 members of the Council for the ensuing session : — 



President : — ALEX. HODGKINSON, M.B., B.Sc. 



Vice-Presidents : — Chas. Bailey, F.L.S., J. CoSMO 

 Melvill, M.A., F.L S., W. C. Williamson, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Treasurer : — Mark Stirrup, F.G.S. 



Secretary. — John Boyd. 



Other Members of the Council'. — P. Cameron, F.E.S., 

 E. Pyemont Collett, F.E.S., H. C. Chadwick, R. E. 

 CuNLiFFE, R. D. Darbishire, B. A., F.G.S., F. Nicholson, 

 F.Z.S., Thomas Rogers, Theodore Sington. 



