Annual Report.] 8 [May 5, 



issued, and Part III of Volume XVII is also nearly ready for 

 distribution. Each part of Volume XVII has one-third more 

 than the usual amount of matter. Four articles have been 

 published in the Memoirs, making one hundred and thirty- 

 two pages, with three plates. Three others (with two plates) 

 are already in press. The articles that have already ap- 

 peared are, "Recent Changes of Level on the Coast of 

 Maine," by Prof. K S. Shaler; "The Species of the Lepi- 

 dopterous Genus Pamphila," by Mr. S. H. Scudder; "An- 

 tiquity of the Caverns and Cavern Life of Ohio Valley," by 

 Prof. N. S. Shaler; "Prodrome of a Monograph of the Tab- 

 anidse," by Baron C. R. Osten Sacken. 



LIBRARY. 



The additions during the last year number 1397, and may 

 be classified as follows : — 



8w. 4fo. Fol. 



Volumes ... 232 .... 65 297 



Parts .... 575 .... 242 .... 3 ... 820 



Pamphlets .. 234 .... 23 .... 4 ... 261 



and Charts 19 



Total 1397 



The Society has opened exchanges with the following- 

 named Societies and Journals: — 



Belfast Naturalist's Field Club. 



Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas existente en la Universidad de 

 Cordova. 



Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science. 



Socie'te' d' Etudes Scientifiques de Lyon. 



" The Academy," London. 



Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes, Paris. 



Societa Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste. 



Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 



The American Sportsman (now The Rod and the Gun). 



Cambridge Entomological Club. 



During the year the Societies mentioned below have sent 



extensive series of their earlier publications. 



The Literary and Philosophical Society Liverpool. 



Naturforschende Gesellschaft Emden. 



The Literary and Philosophical Society Manchester. 



Kongelige Danske Videnskabemes Selskab Kjobenhavn. 



