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  the 
  year 
  we 
  have 
  issued 
  three 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions,' 
  and 
  since 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  financial 
  year 
  a 
  fourth, 
  'which 
  was 
  laid 
  on 
  your 
  table 
  

   at 
  the 
  last 
  meeting 
  : 
  these 
  are 
  got 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  style 
  of 
  correctness, 
  

   and 
  are 
  illustrated 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  that 
  must 
  gratify 
  our 
  members 
  and 
  

   subscribers 
  : 
  with 
  the 
  value 
  and 
  importance 
  of 
  their 
  contents 
  you 
  are 
  

   already 
  perfectly 
  familiar. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  liibrary 
  and 
  Cabinet 
  Committee 
  you 
  have 
  

   learned 
  that 
  both 
  these 
  departments 
  are 
  progressing 
  favourably 
  ; 
  and 
  

   if 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  single 
  cause 
  for 
  regret 
  connected 
  with 
  either, 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  

   our 
  really 
  fine 
  entomological 
  library 
  is 
  not 
  made 
  more 
  extensively 
  

   useful 
  by 
  our 
  members. 
  Of 
  our 
  exotic 
  insects 
  1 
  may, 
  perhaps, 
  be 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  remark, 
  that 
  I 
  consider 
  it 
  more 
  desirable 
  to 
  obtain 
  an 
  

   arranged 
  series 
  of 
  types 
  than 
  to 
  attempt 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  a 
  complete 
  

   collection 
  of 
  species 
  : 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  is 
  trifling 
  compared 
  with 
  

   its 
  utility; 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  would 
  be 
  overwhelming 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  

   Society 
  as 
  ours, 
  but 
  devolves 
  with 
  propriety 
  on 
  a 
  national 
  institution. 
  

   In 
  this 
  observation, 
  I 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  understood 
  as 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  

   money-value 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  themselves, 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  know 
  nothing, 
  

   but 
  simply 
  to 
  the 
  items 
  of 
  cabinets, 
  rooms, 
  and 
  labour 
  in 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  and 
  preservation. 
  

  

  My 
  predecessors 
  have 
  given 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  entomological 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  : 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  be 
  relieved 
  from 
  this 
  labour 
  by 
  the 
  knowledge 
  

   that 
  the 
  Society 
  cannot 
  judiciously 
  incur 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  its 
  publica- 
  

   tion 
  ; 
  and 
  secondly, 
  that 
  the 
  task 
  is 
  annually 
  performed 
  by 
  my 
  friend, 
  

   Dr. 
  Schaum, 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  and 
  admirable 
  manner 
  in 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Bericht,' 
  which 
  is 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  for 
  the 
  information 
  of 
  our 
  

   members. 
  The 
  following 
  works 
  published 
  in 
  Britain 
  may, 
  neverthe- 
  

   less, 
  be 
  enumerated 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  ' 
  Insecta'Britannica,' 
  Vol. 
  ii. 
  ' 
  Diptera 
  ;' 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walker. 
  

  

  ' 
  Exotic 
  Butterflies 
  ;' 
  by 
  W. 
  C. 
  Hewitson, 
  Parts 
  v. 
  — 
  viii. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Catalogues 
  of 
  Insects 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  printed 
  during 
  

   the 
  year, 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Longicorn 
  Coleoptera,' 
  Part 
  i. 
  ; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  White. 
  

  

  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Hymenoptera 
  (Andrenidae) 
  ; 
  ' 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Homoptera,' 
  Part 
  iv. 
  ; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walker. 
  

  

  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Neuroptera,' 
  Part 
  iv. 
  ; 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walker. 
  

  

  ' 
  Nomenclature 
  of 
  British 
  Hymenoptera 
  ; 
  ' 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  ' 
  Nomenclature 
  of 
  British 
  Neuroptera 
  ; 
  ' 
  by 
  Mr. 
  White. 
  

  

  ' 
  Nomenlacture 
  of 
  British 
  Diptera 
  ; 
  ' 
  by 
  Mr. 
  White. 
  

  

  Four 
  important 
  works 
  are 
  announced 
  as 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  forwardness, 
  

   and 
  three 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  advertised 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  press. 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  

  

  