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  geographical 
  limits 
  of 
  species, 
  (in 
  which 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  the 
  memoirs 
  

   published 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wollaston 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Zoologist' 
  become 
  of 
  real 
  value, 
  

   and 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  still 
  further 
  increased 
  by 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geology 
  and 
  Botany 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  districts) 
  ; 
  or 
  unless 
  they 
  are 
  ac- 
  

   companied 
  by 
  critical 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  nomenclature 
  or 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  

   different 
  species, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  local 
  lists 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Stettin 
  So- 
  

   ciety's 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  ' 
  afford 
  so 
  many 
  examples. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  the 
  Society 
  has 
  published 
  four 
  parts 
  of 
  its 
  

   * 
  Transactions.' 
  Of 
  the 
  various 
  papers 
  contained 
  in 
  these 
  parts, 
  I 
  

   shall 
  have 
  occasion 
  to 
  speak 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  Bibliographical 
  Notices 
  

   given 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  Report. 
  I 
  must, 
  however, 
  more 
  particularly 
  

   allude 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Curtis's 
  practical 
  communication 
  on 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  de- 
  

   stroying 
  mould 
  on 
  insects, 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Saunders's 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  

   of 
  China, 
  to 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  papers 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  British 
  and 
  de- 
  

   scriptions 
  of 
  foreign 
  Hymenoptera, 
  and 
  especially 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Douglas's 
  

   contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Micro-Lepidoptera, 
  

   and 
  the 
  beautiful 
  accompanying 
  illustrations 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Wing. 
  When 
  

   we 
  consider, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  French 
  Entomological 
  Society, 
  with 
  

   only 
  about 
  one-third 
  more 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  its 
  members 
  than 
  ourselves, 
  

   publishes 
  annually 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  times 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  matter 
  to 
  that 
  

   which 
  appears 
  in 
  our 
  ' 
  Transactions,' 
  I 
  cannot 
  but 
  think 
  that 
  other 
  

   causes 
  than 
  the 
  limited 
  means 
  of 
  our 
  Society 
  operate 
  in 
  England 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  Entomology 
  as 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  zoological 
  

   science. 
  The 
  inquiry 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  great 
  interest, 
  but 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  must 
  be 
  deferred 
  to 
  some 
  other 
  opportunity. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  

   time, 
  however, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  admitted 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  activity 
  of 
  

   our 
  collectors 
  is 
  greatly 
  on 
  the 
  increase, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  

   from 
  amongst 
  them 
  worthy 
  representatives 
  of 
  Kirby, 
  Stephens, 
  or 
  

   Edward 
  Doubleday 
  will 
  soon 
  arise. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  now 
  to 
  speak 
  of 
  the 
  additions 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  to 
  

   our 
  Library 
  and 
  Collection 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  have 
  to 
  congratu- 
  

   late 
  the 
  Society 
  on 
  the 
  splendid 
  collection 
  of 
  entomological 
  works 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  it 
  by 
  Miss 
  Bromfield, 
  from 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  her 
  late 
  brother, 
  Dr. 
  

   Bromfield. 
  The 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  books 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  our 
  'Proceedings,' 
  

   the 
  whole 
  being 
  in 
  excellent 
  preservation, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  choice 
  

   copies 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  works. 
  Our 
  Library 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  enriched 
  by 
  

   donations 
  from 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society, 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  London, 
  

   the 
  Linnean 
  Society, 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Arts, 
  and 
  the 
  Royal 
  Agricultural 
  

   Society 
  of 
  England 
  ; 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Society 
  of 
  Naturalists 
  of 
  Moscow, 
  

   the 
  Royal 
  Academy 
  of 
  Munich, 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  Stettin, 
  

  

  