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two species, conipai-iug them also with those of C fasciatus and Pulcx irritans. 

 He also read a paper entitled, " On the Persistence of Bacilli in the Gut of an 

 Insect during Metamorphosis," commenting on which Dr. Chapman observed 

 that in moulting- (refei'ring- chiefly to Lepidoptera) provision for increase of 

 size is not the only C'bject in view, but also the removal of various possible 

 microbic enemies. In " laying iip " for a moult, a larva almost invariably first 

 empties the alimentary canal ; at the actual moult, not only the skin, but the 

 lining membranes of the trachete and of much of the alimentary canal are cast 

 also The threads drawn from the mouth and anus, consisting of the linings 

 of the primae viae, often seem long enough to represent the whole tube ; if this 

 be so, then bacillary inhabitants would be got rid of, and in any case must be 

 so to a great extent. It would be interesting to know what is the precise 

 hiatus between the oral and anal portions, and what provision there is for 

 establishing an aseptic condition of this portion of the tube. Messrs. Ernest A. 

 Elliott and Claude Morley communicated " A first sxipplementary paper on the 

 Hymenopterous Parasites of Coleoptera." The Secretary read to the Society a 

 letter of condolence received by Dr. Chapman from M. Chai'les Oberthiir, one 

 of the Honorary Fellows, containing an appreciation of the late Mr. J. W. Tutt. 



Wednesday, March loth, 1911. — Rev. George Wheeler, Secretary, in the 

 Chair. 



Special Meeting. 



The letter summoning the Special Meeting was read by the Chairman, 

 and, no other candidate having been proposed, the Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A., 

 was declared to have been elected President for the currrent year. 



The Ordinary Meeting followed immediately. The Rev. F. D. Morice, 

 President, in the Chair. 



The President, on taking the Chair, addressed a few words to the Society, 

 thanking them for their choice of him for the post, and expressing regret for 

 the circumstances which had made an election necessary. 



Messrs. George Moffatt Carson, Entomologist to the Government of Nevv' 

 Guinea, Port Moresby, New Guinea ; Alfred George Scorer, Hill Crest, Chil- 

 worth, Guildford ; Percy William Affleck Scott, Chinese Imperial Customs 

 Service, Hangchow, China ; Noel Stanton Sennett, 32, Bolton Gardens, Sovith 

 Kensington, S.W. ; James A. Simes, 2, The Byre, Whitehall Road, Woodford, 

 Essex ; P. H. Tautz, Cranleigh, Newer Hill, Pinner, Middlesex ; R, G. Todd, 

 The Limes, Hadley Green, N. ; R. Vitalis, Commis de l>"c classe, Tresor, Pnoni- 

 Peng, Cambodia, French Indo-China ; and Rev. W. G. Wittingham, Knighton 

 Rectory, Leicester, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



The President announced that he had appointed Dr. F. A. Dixey, M.A., 

 M.D., F.R.S., and Messrs. G. T. Betlume- Baker, F.L.S., F.Z.S., and H. St. J. 

 Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., to act as Vice-Presidents for the cuiTent year. 



Mr. H. Donisthoi"pe exhibited a nest of Lasius umbratus, Nyl., wliieli had 

 accepted a ? L. Juliginosus. On December 13th a deitlatcd ^ L. fuliginosKs 

 was put into a small plaster nest with a dozen of the umbratus $ $ ; she was 



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