72 the zoologist. 



Entomological Society of London. 



Fifty-fifth Anniversary Meeting, January 18, 1888. — Dr. D. Sharp, 

 President, in the chair. 



An abstract of the Treasurer's Accounts, showing a balance in the 

 Society's favour, was read by Mr. H. T. Stainton, F.R.S., one of the 

 Auditors ; and Mr. H. Goss read the Report of the Council. 



It was announced that the following gentlemen had been elected as 

 Officers and Council for 1888 -.—President, Dr. David Sharp, M.B., F.Z.S.; 

 Treasurer, Mr. Edward Saunders, F.L.S. ; Secretaries, Mr. H. Goss, F.L.S., 

 and the Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S. ; Librarian, Mr. Ferdinand 

 Grut, F.L.S. ; and as other Members of Council, Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.L.S. ; 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.; Mr. Robert M'Lachlan, F.R.S.; 

 Mr. P. Brooke Mason, M.R.C.S., F.L.S. ; Mr. E. B. Poulton, M.A., F.L.S. ; 

 Mr. Osbert Salviu, M.A., F.R.S. ; Mr. H. T. Stainton, F.R.S. ; and the 

 Rt. Hon. Lord Walsiugham, M.A., F.R.S. 



The President delivered an Address, for which a vote of thanks to bim was 

 moved by Mr. M'Lachlan, seconded by Mr. F. Pascoe, and carried. 



A vote of thanks to the Treasurer, Secretaries, and Librarian, was moved 

 by Mr Kirby, seconded by Mr. Waterhouse, and carried. Mr. Saunders, 

 Mr. Goss, Canon Fowler, and Mr. Grut made some remarks in acknow- 

 ledgment. Mr. Waterhouse proposed a vote of thanks to the Council, which 

 was seconded by Mr. White, and carried. Mr. Stainton replied — H. Goss, 

 Hon. Secretary. 



NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



The Forest of Essex: its History, Laws, Administration, and 

 Ancient Customs. By W. E. Fisher, of Lincoln's Inn. 

 Barrister-at-Law. 4to. London : Butterworths. 1887. 



The raison d'etre of this handsome quarto, briefly alluded to 

 in the Preface, is fully explained in the last chapter, which 

 embodies a detailed account of the events which led to the 

 purchase of all the waste lands of the Forest of Essex, and their 

 ultimate dedication to public use by the Corporation of London 

 to remain unenclosed and unbuilt upon for ever. Mr. Fisher 

 acted as counsel for the Corporation, and in this capacity had 

 to examine an immense amount of documentary evidence, ancient 

 and modern, which occupied him for four years. Having 

 successfully enabled the Corporation to attain their object, it 



