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PROCEEDINGS, 
Purchased. 
Botany, Journal of. Yol. xlii. 8vo. London, 1904. 
Nature Notes. Yol. xv. (Selborne Society.) 8vo. London, 1904. 
Novitates Zoologicje. Yol. x, parts 3 and 4 ; vol. xi, parts 1 and 2. 8vo. 
Tring, 1903-4. 
West, W., and G. S. West. A Monograph of the British Desmidiacete. 
Yol. l. (Ray Society.) 8vo. London, 1904. 
Year-rook of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland. 
, . . 21st Annual Issue. 8vo. London, 1904. 
Zoologist. Ser. 4, vol. viii. 8vo. London, 1904. 
243rd Ordinary Meeting, 29th March, 1905, at Watford. 
John Morison, M.D., D.P.H., M.R.C.S., F.G.S., President, in 
the Chair. 
Mr. Arthur Wheelwright was elected a Member of the Society. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. “ Remarks on the Rainfall and Temperature in Hertfordshire 
in 1904.” Ry John Hopkinson, P.L.S., F.G.S., Y.P.R. Met. Soc., 
Assoc. Inst. C.E. (Printed as) 
‘ ‘ Meteorological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in the 
year 1904.” ( Transactions , Yol. XII, pp. 209-216.) 
“Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in the year 1904.” 
(Transactions, Yol. XII, pp. 217-225.) 
2. “Notes on Lepidoptera observed in Hertfordshire in the 
year 1904.” By A. E. Gibbs, E.L.S., E.R.H.S. ( Transactions, 
Yol. XII, pp. 159-164.) 
3. “ Notes on Yariation in Melitcea aurinea ( artemis ).” By 
Y. P. Kitchin, B.A. ( Transactions , Yol. XII, pp. 165-167.) 
4. “ Coleoptera observed in Hertfordshire in 1904.” By 
E. George Elliman. ( Transactions, Yol. XII, p. 168.) 
5. “A Neolithic Celt found near Berkhamsted Common.” By 
Sir John Evans, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., F.R.S., etc. 
(Transactions, Yol. XII, pp. 157-158.) 
A communication was read from Mr. E. Hartert, Director of the 
Tring Zoological Museum, inviting members of the Society to join 
the Fourth International Ornithological Congress to be held in 
London in June. 
Mr. W. Bickerton and Mr. A. E. Gibbs were appointed delegates 
to represent the Society at the Congress. 
244th Ordinary Meeting, 12th April, 1905, at Watford. 
John Morison, M.D., D.P.H., M.R.C.S., F.G.S., President, in 
the Chair. 
Mr. Howard Brooks, Cedarliurst, St. Albans; Mr. Robert Grieve, 
