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mology, but it is to be regretted that more monographs, life-histories, or 
biological notices of our native insects have not been forthcoming. 
This unusually large volume of the ‘ Transactions’ has entailed greatly 
increased expenses for printing and plates, consequently last year’s balance 
has almost disappeared. Had it not been for very liberal donations of 
money and the presentation of six plates the expenses of so rich a volume 
could not have been defrayed. Although the balance in favour of the 
Society has thus been reduced from £57 to between £3 and £4 our 
financial account, of which the following is an abstract, cannot be con- 
sidered unsatisfactory :— 
RECEIPTS. PAYMENTS. 
Balance brought forward .- £57), Rent, Office, and ean £121 
Contributions of Members - 218 Expenses - S : 
Sale of Publications : - 74] Publications - - = aud 
Interest on Consols : = 9 | Library - : : = ae 
Donations - - - ae xen 
£449 £446 
The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. Dunning for £40, to 
Mr. Stainton for £25, and to Mr. M’Lachlan and several other members 
for liberal donations; to Lord Walsingham for defraying the cost of Plates 
X., XL, Xii., and xiii., and to Mr. Pascoe for presenting Plates i. and ii., 
which illustrate their respective memoirs ; also to Mr. Grut for gratuitously 
supplying the Library with a number of boxes for pamphlets, &c. 
The Library has been increased during the year by many valuable 
donations, and a sum exceeding £26 has been spent on binding and in the 
purchase of books, increased attention being paid to the various ento- 
mological serials which hitherto the Society has not received. Among the 
additions the following works deserve special mention :—Walsingham’s 
‘ Pterophoridee of California and Oregon’; Piaget’s ‘ Pédiculaires’; Loew’s 
‘Die Europaischen Bohrfliegen’; Saussure’s ‘ Orthoptéres de ]’Amerique 
Centrale’; and the completion of the Atlas to Burmeister’s ‘ Description 
physique de la Republique Argentine.’ The Library regulations have been 
considered by the Council with a view to make the unbound books and 
pamphlets more accessible to members generally. The Council learns 
with much pleasure, from the Librarian’s report, that the number of books 
borrowed has shown a large but steady increase during the last few years; 
in 1878, 131 volumes were borrowed; in 1879, 172; in 1880, 261; while 
last year the number rose to 319. 
In conclusion, the Council begs to remind members that this is the 
fiftieth year of the Society’s existence, and to express a wish that the 
present members will bring the Society’s claims on their patronage before 
