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Vol. IX. reference is made to a moth new to Britain, Butalis 

 siccella ; and in Vol. X. to " New and Rare British Spiders," 

 as also to " A New Species of Epischnia." Practical entom- 

 ologists will find this a most valuable work. 



"The Flora of Maidstone." By H. Lamb. Will be 

 welcomed by all botanists as a most exhaustive list of the 

 Flora of the neighbourhood. 



'* Index Generum Avium ; A List of the Genera and 

 Subgenera of Birds." By F. H. Waterhouse, Librarian to 

 the Zoological Society of London. Will be found a valuable 

 and much-needed Index for ornithologists, Mr. Waterhouse 

 having arranged alphabetically about 7,000 names of genera 

 and subgenera, which have been used by various authors 

 since 1766. 



" Sylvan Folk ; Sketches of Bird and Animal Life in 

 Britain." By John Watson. An interesting little work 

 dealing not only with birds, but also some of the smaller 

 mammals. 



" Our Rarer Birds ; being Studies in Ornithology and 

 Oology." By Charles Dixon, with Illustrations by Charles 

 Whymper. The author having had the opportunity of 

 studying various birds in their natural haunts, is enabled to 

 give a fairly accurate description of their habits. 



I fear I have already taxed your patience severely, or I 

 might refer to numerous valuable notes in our different 

 Natural History Magazines ; but those already brought 

 before your notice will, I tliink, suffice. We may well say 

 with Kingsley in his Glaucus, " Happy truly, is the Natur- 

 alist. He has no time for melancholy dreams. The earth 

 becomes to him transparent ; everywhere he sees signifi- 

 cances, harmonies, laws, chains of cause and effect endlessly 

 interlinked, which draw him out of the narrow sphere of self- 

 interest and self-pleasing into a pure and wholesome region 

 of solemn joy and wonder." 



Gentlemen, I must now ask your sympathy for the families 

 and friends of deceased naturalists, who have passed away 

 from us since our last Obituary record. I will endeavour to be 

 as brief as possible with this painful portion of my duty. We 

 have lost a young member in the person of Mr. B. W. 



