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that ofiRce siuce its establishment, in 1857, highly respected by all its 

 members, and his loss is deeply felt by all who had the honour of his 

 acquaintance. The promotion of Natural History pursuits was 

 always considered by him of very great importance ; and although of 

 late years he had been unable to pursue it actively in the field, he 

 never lost an opportunity of urging on the young and rising genera- 

 tion its importance and advantages. 



The following donations to the Library qnd Museum have been 

 received during the year : — 



A large and very handsome Case of Reptiles, Snakes and Lizards 

 (the skins of which had been previously presented to the Club by Mr. 

 Cubitt, M.P.), the setting up and the case presented by the 

 President. 



' Cybele Hiberuica,' by D. Moore, Ph.D. ; thirty -nine specimens 

 of British plants ; ' Journal of the Linnean Society,' Nos. 35 to 38 on 

 Botany, and Nos. 31 to 34 on Zoology ; presented by the President. 



A large species of Lizai'd from Australia ; presented by Mr. Price 



Major. ^ 



' Proceedings of the Zoological Society, from 1831 to 1861, 



thirty-one vols. ; and five parts (parts 1 to 5) of the ' Transactions of 



the Zoological Society ;' a collection of Reptiles, from India, in spirits ; 



presented by Dr. J. A. Power. 



A species of Polyporus attached to a portion of an ancient tree, 

 dug out of a boggy soil, fourteen feet below the surface of the ground, 

 at Spinney Abbey, Lincolnshire ; presented by Mr. Sore. 



A nest of the Long- tailed Tit ; presented by Mr. Chandler. 



Licreased attention has been given during the year to the 

 Entomology of the neighbourhood, which has resulted in the addition 

 of 28 species of Coleoptera to the Fauna of the district, one of which 

 {Homalota Saundersi, Rye) is a species new to Science, and was 

 named after the President of the Club. Fifty-nine species of 

 Lepidoptera, not previously recorded as occurring in the district, have 

 also been exhibited at the meetings ; and 100 species of Hemiptera 

 have been collected and recorded as Reigate species, being the com- 

 mencement of a Ust to be prepared for pubUcation. 



