Dreading that we might, as last year, be overrun with 

 matter and compelled to exclude papers expressly written 

 for our pages, we were very chary of asking for any com- 

 munications before we knew the length of the Coleopterous 

 Chapter, — and by the time that reached us, we were quite 

 satisfied we should have fully as much matter as we wanted. 

 I As some amends for the exclusion of the Hemipterous 

 paper by Messrs. Douglas and Scott last year, we have 

 devoted the first pages of the present Annual to the con- 

 sideration of their portly octavo brought out under the aus- 

 pices of the Ray Society. The article was written more than 

 twelve months ago — and then remained on hand. 



The Observations on Tineina have escaped exclusion this 

 time by securing an early place in the volume. 



The articles excluded last year have since (as our readers 

 doubtless know) appeared in the pages of The Entomolo- 

 gist's Monthly Magazine. 



