Mr. Billups Variation of Species by Wollaston 



„ Marsh Anatomy of Blowfly. 



,-, _ (Insect Fauna of the Palaeozoic period, 



" G ° SS \ byGoss. 



o ( Papers read before this Society. 



' * ( Collected and Edited. 



Epping Forest and County) Inaugural Address and first trans- 

 of Essex Nat. Club ...} actions of the Society. 



The books obtained by purchase have not been numerous this year, 



and consist of : — 



Synopsis of the Trichoptera of the ( ^ A/r T 

 J -n r tt ^ By McLachlan. 



European _bauna ... ... ( J 



Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 



Scottish Naturalist 



Owing to the untimely death of the Naturalist Vollenhoven, his 



valuable illustrated work on the Ichneumonidae remains uncompleted, 



the Society, however, possesses all the published parts (nine). 



Perhaps the thing the Society has most reason to be proud of is the 



commencement of the typical collection of insects. We received the 



cabinet in April last, and since that time the Hon. Curator, Mr. W. 



West, has been indefatigable in his work, and the arrangement of the 



Lepidoptera section of the collection is now complete, and in so short 



a time, thanks to a few members of the Society, a very fair collection of 



Lepidoptera is already in the possession of the Society ; and no doubt 



it has only to be known how the arrangement has advanced for other 



members to come forward with their duplicates. 



The following are the donations to the cabinet collection : — 



The President, Mr. Ficklin, 14 species, including Hadena rectilinea, 



Nonagria typha, Asthena bloomeraria, Selidosema plumaria, etc. 



Mr. Shearwood, 57 species, including Meliana Jlammea, Notodonta 



cuculina, Notodonta trepida, Apatura iris, Macrogaster arundinis, 



Sphinx convolvuli (British), and others equally rare. 



Mr. W. West, 100 species, including many rare and local Tortrices 



and Tina. 



Mr. Bliss, Hon. Secretary, 17 species, including Zygcena meliloti % 



Jethea subtusa, Cloantha solidaginis, etc. 



