REPORT, 1882. 



IN issuing the nth Annual Report of the Society's work, the 

 Council are pleased at being able to state that, though its 

 progress has not been so marked as in former years, yet, 

 considering the remarkable scarcity of Insects during the past 

 season, the results have been very satisfactory. 



The suggestion of our late President that papers should be 

 read at some of the meetings, was carried into effect by a very 

 interesting lecture on " Stylops, the Bee Parasite," of which he 

 was the author ; this was followed by one on " Pond Snails," 

 from Mr. Step ; and later in the season Mr. Miles read a paper 

 on " The Fertilisation of Plants by Insects," illustrated by 

 numerous coloured diagrams. 



The appointment of the latter gentleman to the post of 

 Assistant Curator, with the especial charge of the botanical 

 collection, the nucleus of which were the valuable Scottish 

 specimens presented by Mr. Carrington, has resulted in the 

 gathering together of 383 species,lthe majority of which have been 

 obtained by Mr. Miles. The Council would suggest that if the 

 members, when on an Entomological Expedition, were to collect 

 specimens of any plant that was not familiar to them, many of a 

 useful and rare character might be obtained. 



Following up similar work in the previous year, your 

 Council took part in the Memorial to the Conservators for the 

 retention of the Natural features of Epping Forest. 



