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amount of their allowance might have been advantageously vised. The 

 Libraiy is becoming more and more important to the Academy, as it is 

 rapidly advancing, and as the methods of study are changing and im- 

 proving. Every provision possible should be made for its growth; as 

 such accumulations are of the greatest importance to all who may be 

 engaged in any department of scientific work. 



The society has reason to acknowledge, with thanks, the care and 

 efficiency of the Assistant Librarian in his efforts for its development, and 

 his wisdom and skill in the purchase and securing of books, greatly ex- 

 ceeding in value the accessions of any previous year. 



Due credit should be given to Captain Vodges, not only for valuable 

 donations to the Library, but also for his assistance in the general manage- 

 ment of the same. 



The total of our accessions to the Library, as shown by the report of the 

 Librarian, amounts to 2,937 volumes, viz.: from correspondents, 1,860; by 

 purchase, 977; by donation, 100. 



There is a pressing need for more shelving for the Library, and immedi- 

 ate application will be made to the Trustees for the money needed for that 

 purjiose. 



Our publications for the past year will take rank, both in volume and in 

 value, with those of the jsrevious years. An effort has been made to dis- 

 tribute them to all of the members; in this effort, the publication commit- 

 tee trust they have succeeded. 



Necessarily, the volume of our Proceedings for the year 1893 is not yet 

 completed. A portion, however, is already in print, while other portions 

 are in the hands of the printer. 



An extensive list of papers is in i^reparation, by different experts, upon 

 various subjects, among which are the following: 



Prof. George Marx, two reports — 1, Baja California Spiders; 2, Califor- 

 nia Spiders. 



Prof. Philip P. Calvert, Baja California Libellula. 



Prof. W. J. Fox, Wasps of Baja California. 



Prof. H. B. Ward, Gordii, or Hair-worms. 



Dr. Harald Schiitt, California and Lower California Colembola and 

 Trysanura. 



Dr. Geo. H. Horn, Coleoptera of Baja California. 



Prof. C. H. Tyler Townseud, Lower California Diptera. 



Prof. P. R. Uhler, California and Lower California Hemiptera. 



Prof. E. I. Pocock, Lower California Myrioi^ods. 



Prof. Lawrence Bruner, Lower California Orthoptera (grasshoppers). 



Alice Eastwood, On the Genus Allium. 



Dr. J. G. Cooper, Mollusca of Lower California. 



The following memoirs are in press: 



Wm. J. Fox, Report on some Mexican Hymenoptera, principally from 

 Lower California. 



