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without according to its members, who have always been so 

 willing to assist us, our very heartiest thanks for the valuable 

 aid rendered on this as on previous occasions ; neither can I 

 forget the valuable services of Mr. G. Day, who not only 

 brought down his triplexicon lantern, but entertained us with 

 four most instructive lectures upon " Parasites," " Plant Life," 

 "Nest Builders," and "Microscopic Wonders." 



Our Exhibition Committee, not liking to lose the attraction 

 of the Fungus Table, deputed several gentlemen to go to 

 Esher on the Tuesday previous to the opening ; and Mr. Step 

 informs me that more material was brought together than 

 on any previous occasion, but not in the condition he could 

 have wished, owing to the atmospheric conditions previously 

 mentioned. To our very numerous friends who assisted us 

 by the loan of objects, we return our very hearty and grateful 

 thanks, feeling sure that they have materially assisted in 

 strengthening the Society by bringing in additional members 

 whose interest in Natural History has been awakened by the 

 sight of natural beauties which they had hitherto not dreamed 

 of. And my sincere hope is that it may be long before this 

 Society ceases to hold its Annual Exhibition. 



We are assured by an old proverb, that there is " nothing 

 new under the sun," but our naturalists, taking exception 

 to this aphorism, still assert that the Fauna of the British 

 Isles is yet far from being worked out ; and as several 

 new and rare species of the class Insecta have been dis- 

 covered during the past year, I purpose calling your attention 

 to some few of them, and referring you as far as possible to 

 the published records of the same. 



Lepidoptera. 



Hesperia lineola, Ochsenheimer. This is probably the most 

 interesting addition to our fauna list, from a Lepidopterist's point 

 of view, being the discovery of a new butterfly. To one of our own 

 members, Mr. F. W. Hawes, are we indebted for the introduction 

 of this little curiosity of the Family of Skippers (Hesperidse). Mr. 

 Hawes' specimens are all males, and were really taken in 1888, but 

 have only recently been identiiied. Mr. Carrington has also 

 taken both sexes of the same species this season, but I think I 

 understood him to say from forty to fifty miles from the district in 

 which Mr. Hawes captured his specimens. The insects were 



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