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Brambles, Willows, and Sedges of the district would be excellent 

 exercises ; so -would the intimate struetui-e of many other genera 

 or orders of plants, including their glands, hairs, tissue-cells, 

 poUen, and the distribution and significance of raphides and 

 other plant-crj'stals. And as to animals, the structure and 

 metamorphoses and general economy of such common insects as 

 the cockchafer and cranefly would be equally eligible. These 

 all belong to an extensive class of subjects which might be so 

 contracted or expanded as to afford a variety to suit every occa- 

 sion, and are never likely to be exhausted. 



BEPORT OP THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1876. 



The amount at the disposal of the Librarian for the purchase 

 of books, periodicals and binding in the year under review, was 

 £15 18s. lOd., consisting of a balance of 18s. lOd. from the 

 previous year, and a grant of £15 from the general fund of 

 the Society. Of this sum £8 2s. Od. were laid out in the pur- 

 chase of new books, a list of which is given below, and £4 13s. 

 8d. for periodicals. A fui-ther sum of £1 4s. 7d. was expended 

 in binding 9 vols, of the previous year's periodicals, and 2s. 6d. 

 in the carriage of books and postage, leaving a balance of 

 £1 16s. Id. in hand. 



The new books purchased consist of the following, vi^. : — 



Essays, by "Wells, with Memoir of his Life. 8vo., 1 vol., 1818. 



British ConfervEe, by Dillwyn, 1 vol., 4to., 1809. 



Natural History of the Polype, by Baker, 1 vol., 8vo., 1743. 



Monographia Anoplurorum Britannise, by Denny, 1 vol., 8vo., 1842. 



British Nakefl Eyed Medusse. by Prof. E. Forbes, 1 vol., 4to , Ray Society, 1848. 



The Depths of the Sea, by Wyville Thomson, 1 vol.. 8vo., 1873 



Evenings at the Microscope, by Gosse, 1 vol., 8vo., 1859. 



Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, by Gilbert White, edited by E. T. 



Bennett, with additional notes by James E. Harting, F.L.S., &c., 1 vol., royal 



8vo., 187.5. 

 English Entomologist, by T. Martyn, 1 vol., 4to., 1792. 

 British Butterflies and their Transformations, by Westwood and Humphreys, 1 



vol., 4to., 1841. 

 Insectiverous Plants, by Darwin, 1 vol., 8vo., 1875. 



In return for the annual subscription of one guinea to the Eay 

 Society, the Society has received the following new work, viz. : 

 Monograph of the British Aphides, by G. B. Buckton, vol. 1, 8vo., 1876. 



The following pamphlets, «Scc., were presented to the Society 

 during l876, viz. : — 



Reminiscenses of Animals, Birds, Fishes, and Mgteorology, by Thos. Kingsford, 



Barton House, Canterbury. 

 No». of " Nature," by G. Rigden, Esq. 

 Eight Pamphlets, by Dr. Wallich on various subjects. 

 The Eighth Annual Report of the Eastbourne Natural History Society. 

 Report and Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society. 

 A Pamphlet on the Comparison of the Metamorphosis of the Cranefly and 



the Blowfly, by the Author, Mr. A. Hammond, of Sheerness. 



