X Proceedings. {November! 6t/i, iSgy. 



Ordinary Meeting, November i6th, 1897. 

 James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of the 

 books upon the table. 



Mr. S. Joyce exhibited a pocket form of volt- meter of the 

 permanent-magnet class. It is contained in an old-fashioned 

 watch-case, the first example having been made by Mr. Joyce in 

 1885. The present instrument is wound to read to three volts, a 

 reading much required in a cell-tester for users of secondary 

 batteries. In order to make the case quite smooth outside, the 

 terminals are formed of two spring-chucks contained inside the 

 instrument, and capable of gripping any wire from No. 24 to 

 No. 18, B.W.G. Instruments have been made reading to 

 120 volts total. 



The President communicated a paper by Mr. Peter 

 Cameron, entitled " Descriptions of two New Species 

 of Mutilla from South Africa." 



This paper is printed in full in the Memoirs. 



The specimens were exhibited at the meeting. 



General Meeting, November 30th, 1897. 



James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Henry Wybrow Freston, Parkfield, Prestwich, and 

 Mr. Charles Edmund Stromeyer, Assoc. Memb. Inst. C.E., Chief 

 Engineer, Steam Users Association, Manchester, were elected 

 ordinary members. 



