CONTENTS. 



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I. Is Vaneam polychloros the prototype of V. Urticce ? A Query 

 suggested by the Aberrant Form of a specmien of 

 V. Urticce of pohjchloro^ type. By William Whitk. 



(With a woodcut.) 1 



Discussion. By the President, and A. G. Butler, F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S •! 



II. The Evohition of Fruits. By Prof. Q. S. Boulger, F.L.S., 



F.G.S 8 



III. The Blackwater Valley, Essex. By W. H. Dalton, F.G.S., 



of H. M. Geological Survey. (With a Plate.) 15 



IV. The Developmental Characters of the Larvae of the Noctuffi 



as determining the Position of that Group. By Eaphael 

 Meldola, F.C.S., V.-P.E.S., &c. (With 2 woodcuts.) .. 19 



V. Stone Implements from the Neighbourhood of Chelmsford, 



Essex. By Henry Corder. (With a Plate.) 29 



VI. Note on some ancient Bronze Implements ("Socketed 

 Celts") from the Neighbourhood of Little Baddow, 

 Essex, By Henry Corder 31 



VII. The First Night's " Sugaring " in England.— A Eeminiscence 



of Epping Forest in 1843. By James English 32 



VIII. On the Formation of a Local Museum. By J. E. Harting, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., Member of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union ^^ 



IX. Infusoria: What are they? Theii' Collection and Investi- 

 gation. By W. Saville Kent, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.M.S. 44 



X. Keport on the Excavation of the Earthwork known as 

 Ambresbury Banks, Epping Forest. By Major-General 

 A. Pitt-Rivers, F.R.S., President of the Anthropological 

 Institute. (With 3 Plates.) 55 



