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road, and the party then adjourned to the Ilford schools, where the usual high 

 tea had been arranged in the infants' schoolroom by Mrs. George Ingram, of 

 Ilford. 



An Ordinary Meeting of the Club (the 139th) was subsequently held in the 

 reading-room adjoining, the new President, Mr. F. Chancellor, in the chair. 



The following were elected members of the Club : Messrs. Percy G. Powell 

 and R. J. Sheldon. 



The President announced that the Council had elected Prof. Charles Stewart, 

 M.A , Hunterian Curator at the Royal College of Surgeons, and President of the 

 Linnean Society, as an honorary member, in the place of the late Sir Richard 

 Owen. 



The President also nominated the following members of the Council to act as 

 his Vice-Presidents during his year of offtce : Mr. E. N. Buxton, D.L., J. P., &c. ; 

 the Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S. ; Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.S., and Mr. 

 J, C. Shenstone. 



A lecture was then given by Colonel C. Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., 

 &c., of Oxford, " On Mimicr}' in Lepidoptera and the Uniformity of Pattern in 

 Protected Species," which was well illustrated by a fine series of slides of mimetic 

 butterflies, shown by the oxy-hydrogen lantern. The lecture was of an exceed- 

 ingly interesting character, touching as it did on phases of biological research 

 and evolution which have only been worked at of late years. The details were 

 naturally of a very technical character, and it would be useless in the absence of 

 figures to attempt any reproduction of Col. Swinhoe's remarks. 



A vote of thanks was moved by Professor Meldola, in a speech which touched 

 upon many of the points in the lecture, upon which he had himself worked, and 

 this was seconded by Mr. Crouch. Col. Swinhoe briefly replied, and promised to 

 give another lecture to the Club at an early date. 



Thanks were also voted on the motion of Mr. Crouch to Mr. Ashmole, who 

 had so kindly arranged for the free use of the rooms ; and Mr. Hollington, for 

 permission to visit the camp at Uphall, and the meeting soon afterwards 

 broke up. 



Field Meeting to Chingford, Bury Wood, Sewardstone, etc. 

 Saturday, May 13th. 1893 (Old May-day). 



The usual spring forest ramble of the Club was taken on this day, under the 

 leadership of Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.S., and Mr. William Cole, F.E.S., and was 

 well attended by a goodly number of members. 



The programme, which was illustrated by a pretty drawing showing " Seward- 

 stone Meads in May-time," by Mr. Henry A. Cole, announced that the route had 

 been carefully chosen as mostly new ground to the Club ; and in the glorious 

 spring afternoon (it was old May-day) it was especially interesting from the 

 abundance of early flowers and insects. The sky was clear, the air warm, and 

 all damp had disappeared from the forest glades. Insects and caterpillars were 

 abundant, and nets, boxes, and vascula were soon plentifully filled. All along the 

 route the lark and cuckoo's song were heard, whilst the wild flowers added their 

 silent beauty to hedge, ditch, and wayside. But the bloom of the hawthorn had 

 already passed its best, and Avas fading away. 



