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recent offshoot of E. stygne, and the largest and most brilliant in colouring of all 

 the known members of the family. 



Dr. G-. B. Longstaff gave an account of his entomological experiences during a 

 tour through India and Ceylon, October 10th, 1903, to March 10th, 1904, illustra- 

 ting his remarks by exhibiting some of the insects referred to, and lantern slides of 

 the localities visited. 



Wednesday, January 18th, 1905 : The 71st Annual Meeting— The Presi lent 

 in the Chair. 



After an abstract of the Treasurer's accounts, showing a good balance in the 

 "Society's favour, had been read by one of the Auditors, Mr. Herbert Goss, one of 

 the Secretaries, read the Report of the Council. It was then announced that the 

 following had been elected Officers and Council for the Session 1905-1906. Presi- 

 dent Mr. Frederic Merrifield ; Treasurer, Mr. Albert H. Jones ; Secretaries, Mr 

 H. Rowland- Brown, M.A., and Commander James J. Walker, R.N., F.L.8. 

 Librarian, Mr. Greorge C. Champion, F.Z.S. ; and as other Members of the Council 

 Mr. G-ilbert J. Arrow, Lieut. -Colonel Charles Bingham, F.Z.S. , Dr. Thomas A 

 Chapman, F.Z.S., Mr. James Edward Collin, Dr. Frederick A. Dixey, M.A., Mr 

 Hamilton H. C. J. Druce, F.Z.S., Mr. Herbert Goss, F.L.S., Mr. William John 

 Lucas, B.A., Professor Edward B. Poulton, D.Sc., F.R.S., Mr. Louis B. Prout, Mr 

 Edward Saunders, F.R.S., F.L.S., and Colonel John W. Yerbury, R.A., F.Z.S. 



The President referred to the loss sustained by the Society by the deaths of the 

 Treasurer, Mr. Robert McLachlan, F.R.S., Mr. Charles G. Barrett, and other 

 Entomologists. He then delivered an Address, in which he discussed the part 

 played by the study of insects in the great controversy on the question, " Are 

 acquired habits hereditary ?" He argued that the decision whether Lamarck's 

 theory of the causes of evolution is or is not founded on a mistaken assumption 

 larcely depends upon evidence supplied by the insect world, and finally concluded 

 that the whole body of facts strongly supports Weismann's conclusions. At the 

 end of his Address the President urged that the study of insects is essential for the 

 elucidation and solution of problems of the widest interest and the deepest signifi- 

 cance. Prof. Meldola, F.R.S., proposed a vote of thanks to the President and other 

 Officers ; this was seconded by Mr. Verrall, and carried.— H. Goss, Hon. Secretary. 



LIST OF BRITISH DOLICHOPODIDM, WITH TABLES AND NOTES. 



BY G. H. VERBALL, F.E.S. 



{Continued from vol. xl, page 245). 



1. H. gracilis Stann. : this large and very distinct species occurred 



in abundance in Wicken Fen in July, 1875 , and I have found 

 it also at Tuddenham and Brandon, both of which are within 

 a few miles of Wicken. Away from this neighbourhood I 

 have taken it at Penzance in Cornwall and at Ravenglass in 

 Cumberland. 



2. H. crefifer Walk. : not uncommon in Cornwall and in the Lake 



District. 



