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Bye-law 14, proposed and carried amendments to the more objection- 

 able suggestions. After that, the opposing members were unable from 

 sundry causes (chiefly hoUdays and illness) to be present. The last 

 part of the Bye-laws were therefore carried practically without dissent, 

 and should be opposed most strenuously by those members who wish 

 to see the Society carried on in an open manner, and who wish to get 

 something in the shape of a Reijort up to date for their monev. At 

 any rate that part of the Bye-law which proposes that no member may 

 vote for a " less number of candidates than has to be elected," and all 

 those sections of the Bye-law which leaves the election of itself in the 

 hands of the Council should be opposed. Amendments to these must 

 be sent before September 17 th in writing to the Secretary. All members 

 of the Society should have received during the last few weeks the 

 following resolution : — 



" That a copy of the proposed Byelavvs be deposited in the Library 



at once, and remain there until September loth next. That 



any member wishing to propose any amendment shall give 



notice in writing to the Secretary before September 17th such 



notice to embody the terms of the proposed amendment, and 



be signed by at least two members. That a Special General 



Meeting be called for October 22nd next, for the purpose of 



moving the proposed Bye-laws. No amendments other than 



those of which notice has been given in accordance with the 



above shall be moved. An announcement shall be made 



from the chair to-night, and a circular shall be sent to each 



member embodying the foregoing, and giving notice of the 



Special General Meeting." — J. W, Tutt. 



City of London Entomological and Natural History Society. 



— Thursday, August 6th, 1891. — Exhibits — Lepidoptera — Mr. Huckett, 



a series of Geomdra smara-::;daria ; also some varieties of Abraxas 



,i^TOssuIariata. Mr. Boden, a specimen of a Noctua bred from a larva 



found feeding in a tomato. He stated that this larva was brown, and 



had a curious pig-like head. The insect was unknown to the members 



present, the general opinion being that it had been imported with the 



fruit. Dr. Sequeira, a large number of Lepidoptera from the Folkestone 



district, including Sesia chrysidiformis, Lithosia pyg/ncsola, Callimorpha 



dominula, Tapin'?stola bondii, Xylophasia sublustris and Ennychia 



octomitculalis. Mr. Clark, a series of Aplecta advena from Raindean 



Wood. Mr. Battley, series of Hesperia lineola ; also young larvae of 



Acronycta psi, A. aceris and A. viegacephala. Mr. Gates, Hecatera 



Serena, dark vars. of Abraxas grossulariata, Coleophora lineolella and 



cases of same, Batrachedra prcsangusta, etc., all from Shepherd's Bush. 



Dr, Buckell, a series of Hadena pisi from Hampstead and Aberdeen ; 



also living larvte of Amphidasys betularia. He remarked that the 



majority of these were of the brown form, some being green or stone 



coloured, and a few intermediate in colour. He had noticed that 



some of the green larvae became brown as they advanced in age, but he 



had not observed the reverse change to occur Mr. Simes, LyccKim 



icgon, ZygcEua irifolii, Lithosia comphina, and Hyria atiroraria, all from 



the New Forest. He mentioned that he had also taken two females of 



Apatura iris in the same locality, one of which had deposited eggs. 



Mr. Quail, Euthemonia russida, Angerona prunaria, Eurymene dolo- 



