Microscopical and Natural History Section. 493 



Annual Report of the Council of the Microscopical 

 and Natural History Section. 



The usual monthly meetings of the Section have been 

 held during the session, and the attendance has been fairly 

 maintained. Several important papers have been con- 

 tributed, notably Mr. J. CoSMO Melvill's on Drosera 

 i7itermedia^ var. subcaulescens^ and on the genus Latirus^ with 

 descriptions of eleven new species, and Mr. P. Cameron's 

 third part of his Hymenoptera Orientalis, which are being 

 printed in extenso in the Society's Memoirs and Proceedings, 

 Very interesting exhibits have also been made at all the 

 meetings. 



Our numbers, however, it will be noted, have fallen off 

 somewhat. One of our oldest members, Mr. John Barrow, 

 died in October, three members and four associates have 

 resigned, being no longer able to attend our meetings, and 

 we have only elected one new member and one new associate. 



It is, therefore, much to be desired that steps should 

 be taken to enrol a number of new members and associates 

 in our ranks. It is felt that, if the advantages the Section 

 offers were only better known, there are a number of 

 naturalists and others, in Manchester and the neighbour- 

 hood, who would be glad to join us. 



The following is a list of members and associates of the 

 Section : — 



Members: — J. J. Ashworth, Chas. Bailey, F.L.S., John 

 Boyd, Henry Brogden, F.G.S., Alfred Brown, M.D., Samuel 

 CoTTAM, F.R.A.S., Edward Coward, Robert Ellis Cunliffe, 

 R. D. Darbishire, B.A., F.G.S., Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., 

 F.R.S., F.G.S., Hastings C. Dent, F.L.S., W. K. Deane, 

 Frederick Jas. Faraday, F.L.S., Chas. James Heywood, Alex. 



