CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
1. Anniversary Address. By the President, Professor John 
Atteield, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.X.C., F.C.S. .. .. .. 1 
2. The Great Essex Earthquake of the 22nd of April, 1884. 
By Professor B. Meldola, F.R.A.S., E.I.C., F.C.S. 
(Plate I.).. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 
3. On Melicerta ringens : a chapter from the Great Book of 
Nature as revealed by the Microscope. By John 
Badcock, F.B.M.S... ....33 
4. An Account of British and Roman Remains found in the 
Neighbourhood of Hitchin. By William Ransom, 
F.L.S. (Plates II-V.) ....39 
5. Report on Insects observed in Hertfordshire during the 
year 1885. By F. W. Silvester, F.R.Met.Soc. 49 
6. Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1885. By John E. Littleboy .. . . ..53 
7. Meteorological Observations taken at Throcking, Herts, 
daring the year 1885. By the Rev. C. W. Harvey, 
M.A., F.R.Met.Soc. ... .65 
8. Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in 1885. By the 
Rev. C. W. Harvey .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. 73 
9. Meteorological Observations taken at Wansford House, 
Watford, during the year 1885. By John Hopkinson, 
F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc.83 
10. Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertford¬ 
shire during the year 1885. By John Hopkinson .. 93 
11. On a Diagram for a Model of the Solar System to scale. 
By Arthur Cottam, F.R.A.S. (Plate YI.) .. .. 97 
12. Wild Plants: their Attributes and Names. ByF. G. Lloyd, 
Hon. Sec. .105 
13. Miscellaneous Notes and Observations—Geology, Botany, 
and Zoology.116 
14. Notes on some Hertfordshire Carices. By the late R. A. 
Pryor, B.A., F.L.S.121 
