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meelings or visits to museums had been made, that six long papers had been given, 

 that the lantern was in frequent use, that both the library and collections were 

 constantly being referred to, and that altogether another successful year's work had 

 been recorded. The statement of the Treasurer showed a small balance in hand, 

 with hopeful prospects for the coming year. The President, Mr. Sich, read the 

 Annual Address, dealing, after the obituary and some general remarks upon the 

 Society and the Entomological items of interest during the year, with references to 

 Insects by writers of antiquity. 



The following is a list of Officers and Council for the ensuing year :— President, 

 A. Sich, F.E.S. Vice-Presidents, R. Adkin, F.E.S., W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. Treasurer, 

 T. W. Hall, F.E.S. Librarian, A. W. Dods. Curator, W. West. Hon. Secretaries, 

 Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S. (Corresponding), Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S. (Report). 

 Council, S. R. Ashby, F.E.S., E. C. Joy, A. M. Montgomery, F.E.S., H. Main, 

 B.Sc, F.E.S., A. L. Ray ward, F.E.S., R. South, F.E.S., and A. E. Tonge, F.E.S. 



Ordinary Meeting. — Mr. Buckston, on behalf of Mr. Baldwin, exhibited 

 two <J 8 of Anthrocera fiUpendulx in cop. with one ? ; a specimen of Euchelia 

 jacohese in which the red markings were very dull in tint; and an unusually dwarf 

 example of Polyommatus icarus. Mr. Rayward, dwarf specimens of P. icarus, 

 L. arion, Colias hyale, and Euchloe cardamines, some captured and some bred, 

 and made some remarks on the occurence of this form of variation.— Hy. J. Turner, 

 Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London.— At the Annual Meeting of this Society, 

 held at 11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, on "Wednesday, January 20th, 

 the following Officers and Council were elected for the Session 1909—10 :— Presi- 

 dent, Dr. F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D. Treasurer, Mr. A. H. Jones Librarian, 

 Mr. G-. C. Champion, F Z.S. Secretaries, Mr. H. Rowland-Brown, M.A., and 

 Commander J. J. Walker, M.A., R.N- Other Members of the Council, Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman, M D., F.Z.S., Mr. A. Harrison, F.L.S., F.C.S., Mr. Selwyn Image, M.A., 

 Dr. K. Jordan, Ph.D., Dr. G. B. LongstafE, M.D., Mr. H. Main, B.Sc, Mr. G. A. K. 

 Marshal], Professor E. B. Poulton, D.Sc, M.A., F.R.S., Mr. R. Shelford, M.A., 

 Mr. Rowland E. Turner, Mr. J. W. Tutt, and Mr. C. O. Waterhouse. 



The outgoing President, Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, having alluded to the loss the 

 Society had sustained in the death of six Fellows, took as the subject of his address 

 "The Claws of Insects." After briefly describing the various forms of insects' 

 claws, which are classified as toothed, appendiculate, bifid, or pectinate, and having 

 given examples of each, he suggested as a subject for investigation, which he hoped 

 Entomologists would take up as a study, " Are these forms of claw merely the 

 result of heredity without any special object, or is there evidence to show that the 

 different forms are adapted to particular modes of life, in fact, have been developed 

 to meet special needs ? " He then proceeded to show by numerous examples that 

 closely allied species often had dissimilar claws, that insects with quite different 

 habits had the same form of claw, and that others with different forms of claw 

 seemed to have the same habits. The question therefore still appeared to be an 

 open one requiring careful investigation, and he appealed for more field observation 

 with a view to solve this and many other problems. 



