MICEOSCOPICAL AND NATUEAL HISTOEY SECTION. 
December 8th, 1879. 
A. Beothees, F.B.A.S., in the Chair. 
Mr. Herbert William Brockbank, of Manchester; Mr. 
John Aitken, of Urmston; Mr. Peter G. Cunliffe, of Hand- 
forth ; and Mr. William Ward, of Burlington Street, Man- 
chester, were elected Associates of the Section. 
Mr. Chaeles Bailey exhibited a simple form of live 
box, which had been devised by Mr. Charles Botterill, of 
Liverpool, and which was likely to prove very useful to 
investigators who required to keep the objects examined 
under prolonged observation. It was suggested that a 
couple of small clips to keep the upper glass fixed would 
add to its convenience. 
Mr. H. A. Huest exhibited fruiting specimens of the rare 
Ambrosinia Barsii (Linn.), from Algiers, and read some notes 
thereon. Lindley classed it with the Lemnacese, but it is 
an undoubted Aroid. 
Mr. Hurst also read a paper “ On the Protective Mimicry 
of Serpents exhibited by several of the Aroideae.” 
January 19th, 1880. 
Chaeles Bailey, F.L.S., President of the Section, in the 
Chair. 
Mr. Edward Paul Quinn, of 137, By dal Mount, Manches- 
ter, was elected an Associate of the Section. 
Mr. James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., read an account 
of the occurrence of Silene Gallica (L.) and its sub-species 
in Jersey. He mentioned that it was the first recorded 
