92 [April. 



C. W. Colthrup, T. W. Cowham, 'A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S., R. A. R. Priske, 

 F.E.S., A. Eussell, F.E.S., A. Sich, F.E.S., and E. Step, F.L.S. Mr. W. J. Kaye 

 read the Annual Addi-ess. Votes of Thanks were passed to the Treasurer, 

 Secretaries, and other officers. 



Ordinary Meeting. — Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, took the Chair. 



Messrs. A. C. Mon-is, of Upper Norwood, and Mr. F. W. Frohawk, of 

 Walling^n, were elected Members. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited the so-called " silver fish " Lepisma saccharina. 

 Mr. Main, a narcissus bidb, sent him by Mr. Winkworth, which had been attacked 

 by the larva of the Dipteron, Merodon equestris, which was often extremely 

 injurious in nurseries. Mr. Adkin, a Tinea pallescentella taken on Christmas 

 Day, apparently just emerged. Mr. Moore, a number of butterflies from the 

 interior of Borneo, including Papilio evemon, var. P. itamputi, Terias gradiens, 

 Hestia logani, var. virgo, Danisepa lowii, and Terias tilaha. They were sent 

 home to him packed in fragments of the flannel shirt of his friend who collected 

 them, a successfvil method of combating the excessive superabundance of 

 moisture in the atmosphere of the locality. 



Thursday, February 8th, 1912. — Mr. A, E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited an aberration of Pyrameis atalanta with a flesh- 

 coloured band on the forewing. Mr. Newman, a series of Ephyra annulata, var. 

 obsoleta, in which the discoidal rings on the forewings of the type are absent. 

 Messrs. Mitford, Edwards, Coxhead, and West (Ashtead) exhibited slides under 

 the microscope. 



February 22nd. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Andrews exhibited a number of species of the Trypetidse family of the 

 Dipfera, all from near Milford Haven. Mr. Turner, a dwarf example of Colias edxisa 

 from Villeneuve, measiu'ing 32 mm. in expanse. Mr. Sheldon, the Brenthids he 

 took last year in Lapland, B.frigga, B.freija, B. polaris, &c., and gave full notes on 

 their characteristics and habits. Lantern slides were exhibited by Messrs. West 

 (Ashtead), Dennis, Tonge, and Main. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, January 17th, 1912. — 

 Annual Meeting. The Rev. F. D. Mobice, M.A., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. R. Wylie Lloyd, one of the Auditors, read the Treasurer's Balance 

 Sheet, showing a balance in favour of the Society of ^32 10s. lid. On the 

 proposal of Mr. O. E. Janson, seconded by Mr. W. J. Lucas, it was adopted 

 unanimously. 



The Report of the Council was then read by the Rev. Greorge Wheeler, one 

 of the Secretaries, and on the proposal of Mr. Claud Morley, seconded by 

 Mr. Stanley Edwards, was adopted unanimously. 



No other nominations having been received by the Secretaries, the President 

 declared the following to be duly elected: — President, the Rev. F. D. Morice, 

 M.A. ; Treasurer, Albei-t Hugh Jones ; Secretaries, Commander J. J. Walker, 

 M.A., E.N., F.L.S., and the Rev. George Wheeler, M.A., F.Z.S. ; Librarian, 

 George Charles Champion, A.L.S., F.Z.S. ; other members of the Council : 



