CONTENTS. 
I.—The Presidential Address:—The Influence of Man upon the 
Flora of Essex; delivered by Prof. G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., 
F. G.S., &c., at the Annual Meeting, January 26th, 1884. 
(With two portraits). 
II.—A Contribution towards the Knowledge of the Arachnida of 
Epping Forest. By the Kev. 0. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A., 
G. M.Z.S., &e. ... 
III.—On the Occurrence of the Rhizopod, Glatlirulina elegans, 
Cienkowsky, in Essex. By Charles Thomas, F.R.M.S., 
F.G.S. (With Plate I.). 
IY.—On the Lichen-Flora of Epping Forest, and the causes 
affecting its Recent Diminution. By the Rev. J. M. Crombie, 
M.A., F.L.S., &c. 
V.—On the Sand-Pit at High Ongar, Essex, with a Note on Mr. 
W. H. Dalton’s Paper on the “Blackwater Valley.” By 
the late Searles Y. Wood, the Younger, F.G.S. (With 
three illustrations.) 
VI. — Miscellaneous Notes on Deneholes. By T. Vincent Holmes, 
F.G.S., &c. (With five illustrations.) .... 
VII. —On a Specimen of a Whale, Rudolphi’s Rorqual ( Balcenoptera 
borealis , Lesson, = Sibbaldius laticeps, Gray), lately taken 
in the River Crouch, Essex. By Prof. W. H. Flower, 
LL.D., F.R.S., .. 
VIII. —Local Scientific Societies, and the Minor Pre-historic Re¬ 
mains of Britain. By Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., F.R.A.S., 
F.C.S., &c. ••••••••• 
IX.—The Use of the Hygro-Spectroscope (or Rain-band Spectro¬ 
scope) in Meteorology. By F. W. Cory, M.R.C.S., 
F. R.Met. S., &c. (With three illustrations.) 
X.—Some Additional Notes on Essex Watersheds. By Prof. 
G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. . . . . . 
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