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MICROSCOPICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SECTION. 
March 23rd, 1868. 
J. B. Dancer, F.B.A.S., President of the Section, in the 
Chair. 
Mr. Sidebotham stated that on opening a box containing 
specimens of Limnoea clodes from Canada, sent to him by 
Prof. Billings, a living bee, apparently the common hive-bee, 
crawled out. 
Dr. Alcock showed a living frog-tadpole, two and a half 
inches long, with a body as large as a hazel nut, but the 
hind legs not more than a quarter of an inch long. He 
stated that it was taken from a pond in Higher Broughton 
on the 7th of March, at a time when the frogs were begin- 
ning to spawn. It was evident that it had lived through 
the winter, growing larger but advancing very little in de- 
velopment ; and he could only account for its occurrence in 
that condition by supposing it had grown from spawn depo- 
sited in the autumn of last year. 
Mr. Sidebotham read the following paper, entitled 
“ Further Notes on Wood-feeding Coleoptera.” 
A short time ago I brought before you a few notes on 
some of the wood-feeding beetles found in this neighbour- 
hood, and pointed out the very great damage they cause to 
growing timber. I will now refer to a few of the species 
which chiefly attack timber when it has been cut down and 
used for various purposes. 
Proceedings — Lit. & Phil. Society. — Vol. VII. — No. 15— Session 1867-8 
