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The Transactions of the Entomological Society, and the 

 Transactions and Journal of the Linncan Society for the year 

 i(S99, were presented by Professor Poulton. 



" Fauna Hawaiiensis," vol. i, part i, and vol. ii, parts i and 2, 

 were presented by the author, R. C. L. Perkins, Esq., B.A., 

 Jesus College. 



" Colouration in Animals and Plants," and " On the Growth 

 of Trees, &c.," by the late Alfred Tylor, P^sq., F.G.S., were 

 presented by Mrs. Alfred Tylor, 



Miss E. A. Ormerod presented her valuable " Report of 

 Observations of Injurious Insects, &c.," for 1898 (22nd Report), 

 and for 1899 (23rd Report). 



Copies of original papers were presented by the following 

 authors : — Herbert Druce, Esq., F.L.S. ; W. F. Kirby, Esq., 

 F.L.S.; H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S. ; Dr. A. G. Butler; Rev. 

 T. R. R. Stebbing, M.A., F.R.S., Worcester College; S. H. 

 Scudder, Esq. ; R. W. T. Giinther, Esq., M.A., Magdalen Col- 

 lege; Horace St. J. Donisthorpe, Esq., F.E.S. ; G. W. Kirkaldy, 

 P^sq., F.E.S. ; G. C. Bignell, Esq., F.E.S. ; Professor Roland 

 Thaxter, Harvard Univ. ; and Sir George F. Hampson. 



A large and valuable set of original papers has been pre- 

 sented by Lionel de Niceville, Esq., F.E.S. 



The Committee of the Bristol Museum presented their 

 Report for 1896-98. • 



A paper on the Collembola, &c., of Devon, by Edward 

 Parfitt, was presented by F. J. Haverfield, Esq., M.A., Christ 

 Church. 



A few second-hand books and papers were purchased, 

 together with the Zoological Record, the parts of Barrett's 

 " British Lepidoptera," the Ray Society volume, and the parts 

 of Rippon's •" Icones Ornithopterarum " for the year. 



EDWARD B. POULTON. 



