REP0RT8 OF MEETINGS 125
The following were elected to membership of the Club: —
Miss M. D. Tourelle, of 38, Ismailia Road, Forest Gate, E.7.
Mr. A. R. Astins, c/o 3, Firs Avenue, Muswell Hill, N.10.
Mr. D. I. Chapman (Junior Member), of 38, Horn Lane, Woodford
Green.
Dr. C. H. Rice, b.sc, PH.D., of 35, Hilltop, Loughton.
Mr. P. J. Court, of 20, Rogers Road, Canning Town, E.16.
Mr. R. Hewson, of 107, Sebert Road, Forest Gate, E.7.
Mr. N. A. Lockington, of 23, Stonards Hill, Loughton.
Miss Ursula Burrage showed equipment devised by her and which had
proved to be useful when collecting Orthoptera with Mr. Broughton recently.
Small bags made from the material of flour bags were used for the accom-
modation of the live insects, together with herbage from their natural
habitats. These bags were tied with plastic thread of various colours for
identification, and the insects were found to travel well. Collecting tubes
for holding individual insects had been made from sections of cellophane
tube folded over at each end.
Mr. Waller showed chalky boulder clay collected on the Wicken Bonhunt
excursion and microscopic slides of Foraminifera? from the chalk therein.
He also showed selonite from the London Clay collected from excavations
at Bast Ham.
Mr. Speakman showed living specimens of Noctule and Pipistrelle Bats.
The animals were quite tame, having been kept in captivity for about five
weeks, and the Noctule was watched with great interest as it took gentles
from the exhibitor's fingers.
Mr. Howard showed pictures of a house built on timber supports at
Latton Lane, Harlow, and also of a line avenue of elms, now cut down,
in the same district.
Dr. Rudge showed objects from Felix Hall, near Kelvedon. They in-
cluded fragments of 17th century wine bottles, 15th century tiles and a
17th century glass linen-presser. He also showed bricks from the same site
on which he asked the opinion of the President. Mr. Harley said that they
certainly appeared to be Roman.
Mr. Broughton played recordings, made in collaboration with Mr. Watts,
of the voices of some British grasshoppers. He explained how the insects
produced the sounds, and gave some account of the method of measuring
the frequencies.
Mr. Gaze showed plants of Atropa Belladonna from his garden. He also
showed some letters written by Henry Doubleday to the exhibitor's father.
Ordinary Meeting (955th Meeting)
SATURDAY, 29 NOVEMBER, 1952
This meeting held at the West Ham Municipal College at 3 p.m. was
attended by sixty persons, and the chair was taken by the President, Mr.
Laurence S. Harley.
Mr. Brian L. Nunn, of 207, Caledon Road, Bast Ham, E.6, was elected
to membership.
Mr. Pratt showed a nest of the wasp Vespa vulgaris which had been
abandoned at an early stage in its construction.
Mr. Ross showed a collection of eight species of Mycetozoa, mainly from
the locality of The Warren, Loughton. Six gatherings of Badhamia populina
were dated in each of the months July to November, 1952—an unusually
long run for the species. Uncommon species included were Mucilago
spongiosa and Stemonitis hyperopta.
Mr. Syms showed male and female specimens of Cimex pipistrelli Jen.
found by him in the top of a dead elm which had been brought down by a