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separated ofE ou account of their habits, yet I believe there was no 

 character known by which to separate them for certain by their actual 

 structure ; therefore this character of the hairs, directly related as it is to 

 the habits on account of which the MelliferaB have always been considered 

 a distinct family, seems to me most valuable, and should lead, if persons 

 can be found to help in working out the subject, to further useful results 

 in our knowledge of the Hymenoptera. 



AuNDAL GEifEBAL MEETING, October %th, 1880. The Annual Report 

 for the past year was read, and was as follows : — 



Annual Report, October 8th, 1880. 

 In presenting their Annual Report, the Committee have to record that 

 during the past year fourteen new members have joined the Club, which is 

 a larger accession than usual. Two members have died, and one left by 

 resignation, so that the membership now amounts to seventy. 



Winter Evening Meetings. Papers have been read or addresses given on 

 the following subjects : — 



"Young Birds in the Down," by Mr. Edward Bidwell, of London, 



November 14th. 

 " Man's Influence on the Flora of the neighbourhood," by Mr. A. J. 



Crosfield, November 14th. 

 "Thames Mud in relation to Sanitary Science," by Dr. Bossey, 



December 12th. 

 " The Extent of the Prospect from Reigate Hill," by Mr. W. H. 



Tyndall, January 9th. 

 "Meteorological Notes for the year 1879," by Mr. W. H. Tyndall, 



January 9th. 



" Notes on Ornithology for 1879," by Mr. J. B. Crosfield, January 9th. 



" The Gault of Folkestone as elucidating the Gault of this district," by 



Mr. W. Gilford, February 13th, illustrated by specimens and a 



geological map. 



"The Entomological Phases of 1879," by Mr. Sydney Webb, 



February 13th. 

 " Life History of a Grass," by Dr. Bossey, February 13th. 

 " Notes on the Nesting of the Golden Eagle," by Mr. J. B. Crosfield, 



March 12th. 

 " Fig Insects," by Sir Sidney S. Saunders, March 12th. 

 " The Nomenclature and Arrangement of British Lepidoptera, with a, 



few suggestions thereon," by Mr. Sydney Webb, April 9th. 



"The Pollen-collecting Bees of Great Britain," by Mr. Edward 



Saunders, April 9th. 



Many of these papers were of great interest, containing much information 



that was new to many of the members present. It is intended to print 



some of them in full in the next number of the Printed Proceedings of the 



