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good order during the past year, and has been much used 

 by working zoologists. The Library contains upwards of 

 8,800 volumes of Zoological works, and as regards the 

 departments of Mammals and Birds (works on which are 

 specially necessary for the determination of the specimens 

 in the Menagerie) is very nearly complete. 



A new Library Catalogue is in preparation. 



The sum of £303 12s. lOd. was devoted to the purchase 

 of new zoological works in 1878. 



The most important additions to the Society's Library 

 since the last anniversary are the following : — 



Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge Ton Europa, zugleich 

 als Text, Revision und Supplement zu Jacob Hiibuer's Samnilung 

 europaischer Schmetterlinge, von Dr. G. A. W. Herrich-Schiift'er. 

 5 vols. 4to. Megenshurg, 1843-55. [Pm'chased.] 



Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, avec leurs carac- 

 teres gen^riques et spScifiques, lem* description, leiir synonymie, et leur 

 figm-e enluminee. Par M. Oliver. 6 vols. 4to. Paris, 1789-1808. 

 [Purchased.] 



Neuere Beitrage zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen iiach 

 der Natur, herausgegeben von C. F. Freyer. 7 vols. Small 4to. 

 Augsburg, 183.3-58. [Purchased.] 



Species General et Iconogi-aphie des Coquilles Vivantes, Compre- 

 uant la collection du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Par 

 L.' C. liiener. 8 vols. Paris. [Purchased.] 



The following is a list of the periodicals received in 1878 

 from the various Societies and Institutions with whom 

 this Society is in correspondence. 



America. 



The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston and 

 Cambridge. 



Proceedings, n. s., vol. v. parts 1-3. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Memoir's, vol. v. no. 2 ; vol. vi. nos. 1, 2. 

 Bulletin, vol, iv. ; vol. v. nos. 2-7. 

 Annual Report, 1877-78. 



The Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, Davenport, 

 Iowa. 



Proceedings, vol. ii. part 1. 



