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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
The Society visited the Natural History department of the 
British Museum on April 21st, and is indebted to Mr. Fletcher for 
a demonstration on the collection of Meteorites. 
The Society is indebted for hospitality kindly accorded, to Mrs. 
Phillips, at St. Albans; Mr. Upheld Green, at Mickleheld; Mr. 
A. E. Gibbs, at St. Albans; Dr. Maclean, at Harpenden; and the 
President, at Hoddesdon. 
The fourth volume of the present series of the Society’s ‘ Trans¬ 
actions ’ has been completed, and the fifth volume has been com¬ 
menced, two parts of the former and three of the latter, containing 
together 168 pages and two plates, having been published during 
the year. 
The contents of the fourth volume cover a wide range of subjects. 
Of local papers there are in meteorology and phenology the usual 
annual reports, and a naturalists’ calendar for North Herts; in 
geology there is an account of the earthquake of 1884, with details 
of its effects in Hertfordshire; in botany there are papers on our 
diatoms and carices; in zoology there are the usual annual reports 
on the insects and birds observed; and in pre-historic archaeology 
an account is given of British and Homan remains found near 
Hitchin. There are also several short notes on the meteorology, 
geology, botany, and zoology of the county. Tn addition to these 
local papers the volume contains papers on the Solar System, on 
wild plants, on Melicerta ringens , on our social wasps, and on the 
Hessian-fly, which was first observed in Britain in our own county; 
and also the anniversary addresses delivered in 1886 and 1887. 
The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. William Hansom for the 
four plates illustrating his paper on British and Homan remains 
near Hitchin, and to Miss E. A. Ormerod for the use of the five 
woodcuts illustrating Mr. Campbell’s paper on the Hessian-fly. 
In conclusion the Council has to express the thanks of the 
Society to the Committee of the Watford Public Library for the 
accommodation afforded. 
Additions to the Library in 1888. 
Presented. 
Title. 
British Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Report, 1887. 8vo. London, 1888 .... 
Campbell, F. M. The Means of Protection possessed by 
Plants. {Trans. Herts N.H. Soc. 1888) 
Cooke, M. C. (Ed.) Grevillea. Yol. xvi, Nos. 79-82. 8vo. 
London, 1888 . 
Darwin, Erasmus. Zoonomia; or, the Laws of Organic 
Life. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1796 . . . . 
Elsden, J. Y. On the Superficial Geology of the Southern 
Portion of the Wealden Area. {Quart. Journ. Geol. 
Soc. 1887.). 
Fletcher, L. An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites 
[2nd Ed.] 8vo. London, 1887 . 
Foster, Le Neve. Cornish Tin Lodes, 1875-77 
Donor. 
The Association. 
The Author. 
The Editor. 
Mr. J. HopZcinson. 
The Author. 
Mr. J. HopJcinson. 
Dr. A. T. Brett. 
