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CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE PAGE Dedication ............... v The Advisory Council of the Victoria History ......... vii General Advertisement ............. vii The Northamptonshire County Committee ......... xiii Contents ............... xv List of Illustrations .............. xvi Preface xix Natural History Geology ..... By Beeby Thompson, F.G.S. .... I Palaeontology .... By Richard L. Lydzkker, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. . 41 Botany Introduction .... By George Claridge Druce, M.A., F.L.S. . . 47 The Botanical Districts . . „ „ „ „ „ • • 57 Musci {Mosses). . . . By H. N. Dixon, M.A., F.L.S 80 Hepaticae {Liveruiorts) . . „ „ „ „ .... 84 Lichenes {Lichens) . . . „ „ „ „ .... 84 Fungi , „ „ „ .... 84 Zoology MoUusca {Snatli, etc.) . . By B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., and Lionel E. Adams, B.A. 87 InsecU {Insects) . . . Edited by Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S. . 89 Hymenoptera {Bees, etc.) . By George B. Dixon, F.E.S. .... 89 Coleoptera {Beetles) . . By the Rev. Canon Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., assisted by Frank Bouskell, F.E.S., and William Hull 90 Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera {Butterflies) ... By Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S 94 Lepidoptera, Heterocera {Moths) Nocturni, Geometrse, Drepanulidae, Pseudo- Bombyces, and Noc- tuae ... By Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S., assisted by Thomas Henry Briggs, M.A., F.E.S., and Captain J. A. W. Vipan 97 XV