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of specimens; and the Council are much indebted to the 

 respective authors for the amount of trouble they took to 

 render their papers so interesting. 



The Honorary Curator, Mr. W. West (Greenwich), 

 reports that Mr. R. Adkin and Mr. Tonge were the only con- 

 tributors to the reference collection of Lepidoptera during 

 the j^ear, and that Mr. Ashby and he (Mr. West) were the 

 onh' contributors to the Coleoptera. He states that the re- 

 arrangement of the latter group is still in hand, but the 

 most tedious portion of the work being done, he hopes to 

 finish it during the present year. During the past year the 

 collections have been of considerable use to members in 

 identifying and comparing their more recent captures. 



The Honorary Librarian, Mr. A. W. Dods reports that the 

 Library still continues to be much used on meeting nights, 

 and for the loan of books. 



There have been six Field Meetings held during the year : 



May 2ist, — OxsHOTT, conducted by Mr. Sich. 



June i8th. — Ranmore Common, conducted by Mr. Step. 



July 2nd. — Westerham, conducted by Mr. Turner. 



July 23rd. — OcKHAM and Wisley, conducted by Mr. Step. 



September loth. — Bookham Common, conducted by Mr. 

 Step. 



October 8th. — Oxshott (Fungus Foray), conducted by 

 Mr. Step. 



The Reports of these meetings are exceptionally brief this 

 year, mainly on account of the more or less unfavourable 

 weather on most of the days selected, and also because the 

 localities had been visited on several occasions in previous 

 years, and there was little or nothing to add to the records 

 of fauna and flora already made. 



For some years past the Society has been affiliated to the 

 South Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, and also has 

 been a Corresponding Society attached to the British 

 Association. In the former several members take a promi- 

 nent part ; Mr. R. Adkin is Treasurer, the late Mr. J. W. 

 Tutt was Editor of the admirable yearly report, and Mr. A. 

 Sich is on the Council. To the special annual gatherings 

 of these Associations your Council sends delegates. To the 



