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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)........1
II.—A Contribution towards the Knowledge of the Arachnida of
Epping Forest. By the Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A.,
C.M.Z.S., &c..........41
III.—On the Occurrence of the Rhizopod, Clathrulina elegant,
Cienkowsky, in Essex. By Charles Thomas, F.R.M.S.,
F.G.S. (With Plate I.)........50
IV.—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.........54
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 V. Wood, the Younger, F.G.S. (With
three illustrations.)..........76
VI.—Miscellaneous Notes on Deneholes. By T. Vincent Holmes,
F.G.S., &c. (With five illustrations.) ..........87
VII.—On a Specimen of a Whale, Rudolphi's Rorqual (Balaenoptera
borealis, Lesson, = Sibbaldius laticeps, Gray), lately taken
in the River Crouch, Essex. By Prof. W. H. Flower,
LL.D., F.E.S., &c.........111
VIII.—Local Scientific Societies, and the Minor Pre-historic Re-
mains of Britain. By Prof. B. Meldola, F.E.S., F.R.A.S.,
F.C.S., &c..........116
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.) ..........123
X.—Some Additional Notes on Essex Watersheds. By Prof.
G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c...........131