Mar., 1891. 
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY’S REPORT. 
55 
Mr. Edmonds represented this Society at the meeting. 
Excursions, botanical and geological, were made to Charn- 
wood Forest. 
Microscopical Section. —President, Mr. C. Pumphrey ; 
Secretary, Mr. W. H. Wilkinson.—During the year nine meet¬ 
ings of the section have been held, with an average attendance 
of thirty-one ; and the following communications have been 
made:— 
March 4th.—“ On Painting Lantern Slides direct from the Micro¬ 
scope,” by Mr. H. M. J. Underhill, of Oxford. Read by Mr. 
W. P. Marshall. 
April 1st.—“ Optics of the Microscope,” illustrated by drawings and 
lantern photographs, by Mr. J. Edmonds. The lime-light 
lantern worked by Mr. G. Pumphrey. 
April 29th. — Mr. W. B. Grove gave the Retiring President’s Address 
on the “ Theory of Instinct,” which was listened to with great 
attention and interest. 
May 6th.—“ Report on the Foraminifera obtained at Hammerfest 
by Messrs. Pumphrey and Marshall,” by Mr. E. Burgess. Read 
by Mr. W. H. Wilkinson ; and a slide, containing fifty species, 
mounted by Mr. Burgess, was presented to the Society. 
June 3rd.—“ Corals, Coral Builders, and Coral Islands,” by Mr. 
W. R. Hughes, illustrated by drawings, and by specimens of 
coral and of coral builders preserved in spirit. 
November 4th.—“ Reflectors as used with the Microscope,” illus¬ 
trated by various mirrors and models, by Mr. W. H. Wilkinson. 
December 2nd. — “ Burmah and its People,” by Mr. A. W. Wills, 
illustrated by lime-light views from photographs taken by him¬ 
self during his recent tour there. 
At the sectional meetings a large number of specimens 
have been exhibited, and amongst many members who have 
helped may be mentioned Mr. J. E. Bagnall, plates of 
fungi and mosses; Mr. W. B. Grove, minute fungi; Mr. 
W. R. Hughes, flowers and piants ; Mr. 0. Pumphrey, Alpine 
and other plants; Mr. G. J. Watson, an interesting collection 
of plants from Norway; Mr. G. M. Iliff, glow-worms ; Mr. 
A. Reading, a scarlet fungus; Mr. Carpenter, fine specimens 
of corals ; Mr. G. Lavender and Mr. T. E. Bolton, living 
specimens of pond-life ; Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, lichens from 
Norway, birds and plants from Wales, &c. 
Biological Section.— President, Mr. W.B. Grove ; Secre¬ 
tary, Mr. A. H. Martineau.—During the past year this section 
has held eight meetings, at three of which papers have been 
read, and on every evening there has been a good display of 
specimens. The principal exhibitors were the following :— 
Messrs. J. E. Bagnall, F. W. Carpenter, J. Edmonds, T. V. 
Hodgson, W. R. Hughes, J. B. Stone, Herbert Stone, E. H. 
Wagstaff. C. J. Wainwright, C. J. Watson. W. H. Wilkinson, 
and A. H. Martineau. The section is also indebted to Miss 
