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With the exception o£ the purchase for 1001. of the seventh 

 instahnent of the Distant Collection of insects (4,000 Rhynchota 

 and 1,000 Coleoptera, including 250 types), a continuation of an 

 arrangement to which the Trustees were committed, and of books 

 for the upkeep of the Library, purchases were limited to a few 

 unimportant transactions. 



The following works on Natural History have been published 

 during the year : — 



British Antarctic ("Terra Nova ") Expedition, 1910. Natural 

 History Report. 4to : — 



Zoology : 



Vol. III., No. .5. Crustacea, Part IV. Stomatopoda, Cumacea, 

 Phyllocarida, and Cladocera. By W. T. Caiman, D.sc. 

 Pp. 137—162 : 9 text-figures. 2^. 



Vol. IV., No. 1. Echinoderma, Part I. Actinogonidiata. By 

 F. J. Bell, M.A. Pp. 10 : 2 plates. 2^. 6d. 



Botany : 



Part I. Freshwater Alga?. By F. E. Fritsch, d.sc. Pp. 

 16 : 1 plate. 1^. 



Part II. Marine Algse. By A. Grepp, M.A., and Ethel S. 

 Gepp. Melobesiese. By Mme. Paul Lemoine. Pp. 17 — 

 28 : 4 text-figures. 1^. 



Report on Cetacea stranded on the British Coasts. By S. F. 

 Harmer, sc.D., f.r.s. No. 4. Cetacea stranded during 1916. Pp. 

 13 : 1 map. 4to. 1^. 6d. 



Guide to British Fresh-water Fishes. By C. Tate Regan, m.a., 

 F.R.S. Pp. 39 : 23 text-figures. 8vo. 6d. 



Instructions for Collectors. No. la. Mammals. Part II. Skeletons, 

 with special notes on the collection of specimens of Cetacea. By 

 S. F. Harmer, sc.D., f.r.s. Pp. 8 : 4 text-figures. 8vo. 3d. 



Economic Series of Pamphlets : 



No. 5. The Bed-Bug : its Habits and Life-History, and 

 how to deal with it. By B. F. Cummings. Pp. 20 : 

 7 text-figures. 8vo. Id. 



No. 6. Species of Arachnida and Myriopoda (Scorpions, 

 Spiders, Mites, Ticks, and Centipedes) injurious to Man. 

 By S. Hirst. Pp. 60 : 26 text-figures, 3 plates. 8vo. 6d. 



No. 7. The Biology of Waterworks. Bv R. Kirkpatrick. 

 Pp. 58 : 18 text-figures. 8vo. l.*;. 



Poster-leaflets, 18 in. by 12 in., on "The Fly Danger" and 

 " The Mosquito Danger.' 



