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m which not only those who came out early, but* 
those members who have been prevented from join¬ 
ing the excursion in the forenoon shall meet. Then-, 
having had tea together, the specimens collected 
during the day should be exhibited, and explanations 
of them given. With so many suitable localities 
within easy reach of Perth, it should be easy to carry 
out an excursion of this natuje, w^hich, would be, in 
fact, equivalent to a monthly meeting but without 
its formality, and much more enjoyable. ^ Through-- 
out our existence as a Society we have had numerous 
small excursions of three or four members, and at 
these a great deal has been learned, and a large 
amount of work done. These excursions can easily 
be got up ill a few hours’ notice, and as the time is 
coming on, I will be glad to hear from any member 
wishing to join in excursions of this kind. During 
last spring I had the pleasure of giving, at the request 
of several members, a series of lectures and demon¬ 
strations in Botany. These lectures were either given 
indoors, or, when the weather permitted, took the 
form of short excursions and demonstrations in the 
open air. For my own part I enjoyed them very 
much, and shall have much pleasure in giving my 
services, such as they are, again this spring, should it 
be thought desirable to resume the course. Let me 
now remark briefly upon the work done by members 
of the Society in elucidating the Fauna and Flora of 
the county during the last three years. Perthshire 
is a wide- field, and the members of the Society being 
mostly resident in Perth, have restricted most of their 
investigations to the immediate neighbourhood of the 
city. Even in this limited area many striking ad¬ 
ditions to the recorded lists have been made, and 
when the Society has obtained members (which 
I am happy to say it is fast doing) in other 
parts of the county, we may expect many 
more. In 1867 the number of terrestrial anil 
aquatic Mollusks known as natives of Perthshire were 
41, and 20 species have been since found. To the 
insect Fauna many additions (especially in the orders 
Lepidoptera and Hemiptera) not only to the county lists, 
but to those of Scotland, Britain, and even of science, 
