Miss Ida M. Roper, F.L.S., has continued her kindly 

 interest in the botanical collections by gathering nearly 500 

 local species of plants at their time of flowering, and placing 

 them on exhibition in a museum case, each plant labelled 

 with its common and scientific name. The case has never, 

 throughout the year, held less than 20 living specimens at any 

 one time, and the pleasure and interest they have given to 

 visitors is difficult to estimate. 



Not infrequently the living plant exhibition has stimu- 

 lated enquiries, all of which have been dealt with fully by 

 Miss Roper. 



Miss Roper also gave three public demonstrations on 

 Saturday afternoons, and one to members of the Clifton 

 College Natural Science Society. 



Economic Biology. 



The Economic Series of Insect pests has been worked 

 over, and kept in good order. The Colonial Products section 

 has been augmented by collections of prepared panels of 

 timber, samples of dried fruits, cereals, leathers, rubber, and 

 woods. 



Invertebrate Zoology. 



A considerable amount of work has been carried out in 

 this section during the year by Miss Nora Ward, Mr. G. C. 

 Griffiths, and Mr. F. G. Pearcey. Chief in importance is the 

 entire re-mounting and classification of the Watkins' Col- 

 lection of Gloucestershire insects. It includes some 13,000 

 specimens, many of which are rare to the county. 



Amongst the rarities are eighteen species of Hymenoptera, 

 sixteen of Diptera, and nine of Hemiptera. One of the rare 

 Diptera, a Tachinid fly (Phytomyptera nitidiventris) has only 

 been recognised as British within the last few years. The 



