i88i : February, on "The Natural History of Rake," by Mr. 

 B. Lomax. 



April, on " An Hour in a Coal Mine," by Mr. R. H. Stevens. 



May, on "The Theory of Evolution," by the Rev. H. G. Day. 



September, on " A Species of Lepeoptheirus probably undescribed," 

 written by the Rev. E. T. Stubbs, and read by his son, Mr. 

 John Hamilton Stubbs. 



Donations of the following Books have been received : — 



Hampshire Inn Signs, by Dr. J. Stevens (from the Author) ; 

 Evolution, a Paper read May 12, 1 881, and Geological Teaching, 

 by Bev. H. G. Day (from the Author) ; Geological Antiquity of 

 Insects, by H. Goss, F.L.S. (from the Author) ; Arctic Exploration 

 in search of Sir John Franklin (from R. Glaisyer) ; Commercial 

 Products of the Animal Kingdom, by P. L. Simmons (from the 

 Author) ; Geological Map of England and Wales (from H. Willett), 

 6 numbers ; Examples of Works of Art in South Kensington 

 Museum (from H. Willett) ; Report of Smithsonian Institute for 

 1879 (from the Government of the United States of America) ; 

 Parts 57-58 CasselPs Natural History; Bryozoa and Brachiopoda, 

 by Miss Crane (from the Authoress). Also, from the respective 

 Secretaries of the following Societies : — Transactions and Proceed- 

 ings of Croydon Microscopical and Natural History Club ; Trans- 

 actions of Barrow Naturalists' Field Club, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 1876 to 

 1879 ; Reports and Proceedings of Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 

 1876-1879; Annual Report of North Staffordshire Naturalists' 

 Field Club, 1878-1880; Report and Transactions of Cardiff 

 Naturalists' Society, Vols. 10, 11, 12, 1878-1880; Transactions of 



