554 FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



first that the Club had held for seventeen years, and the hope 

 was freely expressed that so long a time would not be allowed to 

 elapse before another occurred. 



The meeting on June 23rd was the five hundredth Ordinary 

 Meeting. In the absence of the President who had just left 

 for Australia as the President of the Zoological section of the 

 British Association the chair was taken by Dr. S pitta, who, 

 in celebration of the occasion, gave the meeting a more social 

 character than usual, quite in accordance with the older tra- 

 ditions of the Club. 



The Librarian reports that, notwithstanding some inconveni- 

 ence being felt owing to the restricted space at his disposal, the 

 average number of books borrowed in previous years has been 

 maintained. The Library sub-committee has met regularly on 

 the first and third Tuesdays in the month, and members will be 

 glad to hear that, after considerable but unavoidable delay, the 

 Catalogue of Books is in the hands of the printers. This, com- 

 bined with the appointment of Mr. Todd as Assistant Librarian, 

 will render the work of the department more expeditious, and it 

 is hoped that advantage will be taken of the increased facilities. 

 The best thanks of the Club are due to Mr. Todd, to Mr. Shep- 

 pard and to Mr. Bennett, for the interest and energy they have 

 exercised in carrying out the by no means light task of re- 

 organising the Library. 



List of Books Purchased and Presented since October 29th, 



1914, to January 1915. 



Memoirs of Indian Museum. Vol. III. 4. Oriental Passalidae 

 (Coleoptera). F. H. Graveley, M.Sc. 



Presented by W. Harold S. Cheavin. 



Water Beetle (JJytiscus marginalis), Common Gnat (Culex 

 pipiens). 



Reports on Hydroida collected in the Great Australian 

 Bight and other Localities. Parts II. and III. W. M. 

 Bale, F.R.M.S. 



Purchased. 

 Some Minute Animal Parasites. Fantham and Porter. 



