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Burrell, R. H. Herbert, W. J. Ormston, E. P. Couch, and F. S. 

 Worthington were balloted for and duly elected members of the 

 Club. 



Mr. F. P. Smith (Hon. Editor) brought forward two papers 

 dealing with microscopic spiders. The first, entitled "The Spiders 

 of the Diplocephalus Group," concluded the revision of the sub- 

 family Erigoninae, so far as British specimens were concerned, 

 except as to a few intermediate forms — e.g. the genus Hilaira, 

 which would be treated at some future date. The second paper 

 was a catalogue of the more important literature dealing with 

 Erigonine spiders. In this catalogue nothing had been given 

 beyond the date, name of author, and name of the publication in 

 which the paper appeared. Other information, such as the exact 

 titles, the pages and plates, etc., of the papers might have been 

 included, but as the interest in such a catalogue must be 

 restricted to a small number of workers, the demand for further 

 details was not considered sufficient to justify the expenditure of 

 the greatly inci eased space that a complete bibliography would 

 have necessitated. Mr. Smith went on to say that, in en- 

 deavouring to conform as far as possible with the wishes of the 

 Club in matters relating to the Journal, he, as Hon. Editor, had 

 at various times taken steps to ascertain the views of individual 

 members, and all seemed unanimous in the desire for as large a 

 Journal and as many plates as possible. He pointed out, how- 

 ever, the impossibility of having a large Journal unless members 

 did their share by contributing papers suitable for publication. 

 The bringing forward of long, technical papers might even leave 

 matters in a worse state than before, inasmuch as it might cause 

 members to refrain from submitting short non- technical notes, 

 fearing that they might be insufficiently advanced for publication. 

 He wished to strongly impress upon those present that, although 

 advanced papers might be regarded as the skeleton necessary for 

 the support of the Journal, such papers were but the bones, and 

 sometimes very dry bones — the flesh and blood being supplied 

 by the less technical papers, which appealed to a far wider circle 

 of readers. Members were specially asked to do their best in this 

 matter, and it was hoped that the forthcoming somewhat large 

 Journal, with a hundred pages and nine plates, would inspire 

 them with a determination to maintain the standard, and, if 

 possible, to advance as far beyond it as finances would permit. 



