52 THE entomologist's record. 



weight." We are exceedingly sorry. Errors also in the drawing of 

 Plate i issued with the January number have made it necessary for 

 us to duplicate it this month with an accurate one. Will our sub- 

 scribers please cancel pi. i as inaccurate ? 



A most successful and enjoyable meeting of the Entomlogical Club, 

 founded in 1826, was held in the Entomological Salon of the Holborn 

 Restaurant on January 14th. It was the sixteenth gathering over 

 which Mr. G. H. Verrall has presided as host, and a large number of 

 guests was present. Among others we noticed — Professors Meldola 

 and Poulton, Colonels C. T. Bingham, C. Swinhoe and J. W. Yerbury, 

 Revs. E. N. Bloomfield, A. E. Eaton, F. D. Morice, C. F. Thornewill, 

 Dr. T. A. Chapman, Messrs. F. C. Adams, R. Adkin, H. W. Andrews, 

 E. E. Austin, C. G. Barrett, W. F. H. Blandford, W. Borrer, F. 

 Bouskell, W. C. Boyd, R. C. Bradley, H. Rowland-Brown, E. 

 Brunetti, H. A. Bryden, M. Burr, A. Cant, G. C. Champion, A. J. 

 Chitty, F. Noad Clark, J. E. Collin, W. L. Distant, H. St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe, H. Willoughby Elhs, C. Fenn, F. W. Frohawk, C. J. 

 Gahan, H. Goss, A. Harrison, M. Jacoby, 0. E. Janson, J. H. A. 

 Jenner, A. H. Jones, W. J. Kaye, W. F. Kirby, G. Lewis, H. Main, 

 A. H. Martineau, F. Merrifield, C. Morley, B. G. Nevinson, W. 

 Nicholson, P. Skinner, R. South, E. Step, J. Stevens, J. Tatham, W. 

 H. Tuck, J.W. Tutt, C. J. Wainwright, C. 0. Waterhouse, E. A. Water- 

 house, and others. 



Departing from his usual custom, the host discussed very fairly the 

 election of the Council of the Entomological Society of London, by a 

 ballot of the Fellows. He summarised the position of the Society by 

 saying, " The Society as a whole is progressive, the Council is 

 fossilised." He dubbed those who had taken part in the nomination 

 of Messrs. Burr, Swinhoe and Tutt, " rebels," and offered to become the 

 "arch rebel," if the rebels would withdraw from the contest and move 

 the Council to amend its ways. Professor Meldola also urged with- 

 drawal. Professor Poulton drew loud cries of dissent from the "rebels" 

 when he insisted that the movement was a vote of want of confidence 

 in the Council, and Mr. Goss Avas moved to sorrow rather than anger, 

 at the rashness of his "rebel" personal friends. The "rebels" 

 meanwhile, possessed their souls in patience. 



There are two modes of being nominated for a seat on the Council : 

 (1) To be nominated by the Council itself. (2) To be nominated by 

 four other Fellows. Why the carrying out of these byelaws must be a 

 "want of confidence vote" is difficult to imderstand, but so it was, 

 and the insistence of this was very unfortunate, for it converted a 

 straight-forward ballot for the best men, into what might have 

 proved an intensely personal matter, for which certainly the " rebels " 

 cannot be held to blame. 



The contested election brings out in the result a point or two that 

 must be noted, if the affairs of the Society are in the future to go smoothly. 

 As the list drawn up by the Council was not adopted, it is clear that a 

 majority of the Fellows, and possibly a considerable majority, looking to 

 the curious way in which votes were split, were dissatisfied with the 

 mode in which the Council had been hitherto elected, but suffered in 

 silence, till a few bolder spirits took the bull by the horns. The 

 Council must afford the Society at large a voice in the nomination, 

 this may be done under the present bye-laws, provided the Council 

 bear it in mind every year at the proper date. But the Council would 



