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mention the following: "The Larvae of British Butterflies and 

 Moths/' by the late William Buckler, Vol. I. "Butterflies," 

 being the Ray Society's vol. for 1885, but issued only in the 

 early part of this year. It contains coloured illustrations of 

 the larvae of the majority of our British Butterflies, with 

 descriptive notes upon their life-histories. 



The " British Pyralides " (including the Pterophoridae) 

 by J. H. Leech, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc., recently 

 published, should prove a useful addition to the somewhat 

 scanty literature upon this particular group of Lepidoptera. 

 The volume contains upwards of a hundred pages of letter- 

 press, devoted mainly to the descriptions and habits of the 

 larvae ; localities ; notes on the more important varieties 

 of, and chief distinguishing characters between, closely allied 

 species ; and eighteen admirably coloured plates, in which 

 the greater portion of the imagines are delineated. (London : 

 R. H. Porter, 6, Tenterden Street, W.) 



The <; Coleoptera of the British Islands," by Rev. W. W. 

 Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., Sec. Entom. Society, etc. is now 

 publishing in monthly parts, in two editions, the one con- 

 taining letterpress, the other letterpress and carefully coloured 

 plates, and will probably form, when completed, one of the 

 most important works on the subject. (London : L. Reeve 

 and Co., 5, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.) 



In other branches of Natural History we have "A History 

 of British Birds " (with coloured illustrations of their eggs), 

 by Henry Seebohm, sixth and concluding volume. (London : 

 R. H. Porter.) 



" British Fungi." By Rev. John Stevenson. Vol. 1. Agari- 

 cus — Bolbitius. Illustrated with some woodcuts. (W. Black- 

 wood & Sons, Edinburgh.) 



" Illustrations of British Fungi," by Dr. M. C. Cooke. Vol. 

 4, bringing the total number of species illustrated up to 790. 



In the early part of this address I congratulated you upon 

 the immunity of our Society from loss of any of its members 

 by death, but death has been very near our doors. In the 

 early days of the year we heard with regret that EDMUND 



