CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE 



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Dedication ............... v 



The Advisory Council of the Victoria History ......... vii 



General Advertisement ............. vii 



The Northamptonshire County Committee ......... xiii 



Contents ............... xv 



List of Illustrations .............. xvi 



Preface xix 



Natural History 



Geology ..... By Beeby Thompson, F.G.S. .... I 



Palaeontology .... By Richard L. Lydzkker, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. . 41 

 Botany 



Introduction .... By George Claridge Druce, M.A., F.L.S. . . 47 



The Botanical Districts . . „ „ „ „ „ • • 57 



Musci {Mosses). . . . By H. N. Dixon, M.A., F.L.S 80 



Hepaticae {Liveruiorts) . . „ „ „ „ .... 84 



Lichenes {Lichens) . . . „ „ „ „ .... 84 



Fungi , „ „ „ .... 84 



Zoology 



MoUusca {Snatli, etc.) . . By B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., and Lionel 



E. Adams, B.A. 87 



InsecU {Insects) . . . Edited by Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S. . 89 



Hymenoptera {Bees, etc.) . By George B. Dixon, F.E.S. .... 89 



Coleoptera {Beetles) . . By the Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., assisted 



by Frank Bouskell, F.E.S., and William Hull 90 

 Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera 



{Butterflies) ... By Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S 94 



Lepidoptera, Heterocera {Moths) 



Nocturni, Geometrse, 



Drepanulidae, Pseudo- 



Bombyces, and Noc- 



tuae ... By Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S., assisted by Thomas 

 Henry Briggs, M.A., F.E.S., and Captain J. A. W. 

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