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water-beetle fauna of every county in England, Scotland, or 

 Ireland, so far as at present known, and at the same time shows 

 the distribution of any species all over the United Kingdom ; 

 thirdly, the filling-in of a map of the United Kingdom for each 

 species, which shows in another way its "Britannic" distribution. 

 Mr. Balfour-Browne explained that he was greatly indebted to a 

 number of friends, including members of the Field Club, for 

 sending him unpublished records of their captures in various 

 parts of the country, and also to many for sending him the 

 specimens. 



In the discussion which followed the following members took 

 part :— Messrs. N. H. Foster, M.B.O.U., R, Welch, M.R.I.A., 

 A. W. Stelfox, H. Lamont Orr, J. N. Milne, T. Maxwell, and 

 W. H. Gall way. 



THE DARWIN CENTENARY. 



At a meeting of the Botanical Section, held in the Clubroom 

 of the Museum, on Saturday, 13th February, a paper was read by 

 Mr. W. J. C. Tomlinson entitled "The Charles Darwin Centenary: 

 Darwin as a Botanist." The chair was occupied by the Rev. C. 

 H. Waddell, M.A., B.D., and there was a large attendance of 

 members. Mr. Tomlinson, in the course of his paper, said the 

 one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert Darwin 

 took place on the previous day As they all knew, the event took 

 place on the 12th February, 1809 — a year made memorable by 

 the birth of many great men, but none of them greater in their 

 respective spheres than was Charles Darwin in his. The present 

 year, therefore, as the centenary of his birth, had given rise in 

 many quarters of the globe to important acts of remembrance. 

 This was perfectly natural, and was as it should be. The turning 

 point in Darwin's career was his appointment, in the autumn of 

 1 83 1, through Henslow's influence, as naturalist to the voyage of 

 the Beagle, on her five years' exploration cruise, mainly about the 



