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members of the University were desirous of joining, and the Anniversary 

 Meeting had always been held in February, it was deci'Jed that the 

 next meeting should be the Anniversary Meeting; and that all 

 gentlemen willing to join, should be invited to attend for the purpose 

 of being elected members, and to take part in the subsequent business 

 of electing officers for the year, and considering the proposed alterations 

 of the rules. 



February 26th. — Anniversary Meeting. Mr. G. H. Bryan, M.A., 

 President, in the Chair. In the absence of Mr. Theobald, Mr. Farren 

 acted as Secretary. Messrs. A. M. Moss, A. Rashleigh, H. S. Fitzroy, 

 W. Morrow, C. Woodhouse, M. White, C. Wells, W. H. Powell, H. T. 

 P. Smith, W. C. Feetham, H. Eltringham, R. LI Hodgson, A. S. 

 Shrubbs, and G. Watkinson, were elected members. The proposed 

 alterations in the rules were made ; and the officers for the ensuing 

 year were elected as follows : — President, Mr. A. M. Moss ; Vice- 

 President, Mr. G. H. Bryan, M.A. ; Hon. Sec. and Treasurer, Mr. 

 Wm. Farren, F.E S. ; Hon. Librarian, Mr. Alfred Jones. As other 

 members of the Council — Messrs. C. Woodhouse, C. Wells, and H. 

 Eltriniiham. 



March wth. — Mr. A. M. Moss (President) in the Chair, Messrs. 

 W. G. S. Malim, H. C. T. Langdon, and H. V. Bull, were elected 

 members. Mr. F. V. Theobald, F.E.S., sent for exhibition two cases 

 of Diptera : one showing the life history of the "Daddy long- legs" 

 {Tip2ila), T. oleracea, T. gigantea and T. iutescetis ; the other being a 

 case of Tabanus bovinus and asilus ; also a box of living specimens 

 of "the corn and rice weevil," Calandra granaria and orgya. 

 The Secretary read some notes on the exhibit by Mr. Theobald, in 

 which it was stated that the larvae of Tipu/a, known as "leather 

 jackets," are very injurious to grass, corn, and root crops. Tabanus 

 bovinus, the specimens exhibited, were from Switzerland, where they 

 attack the horses to a dreadful extent, are also common in parts of 

 England, notably the New Forest, Sussex, etc. Calandra (corn and 

 rice weevil) are very destructive to stored wheat, barley, oats, and rice, 

 and to some extent maize, especially abundant in Calcutta wheat ; but 

 also coming from other parts. The weevil lays its eggs one on each 

 grain, and the young larva bores its way in, where it assumes the pupal 

 state. Mr. Farren exhibited a long series of Noctua /estiva with a row 

 of the small Scotch forms, erroneously described by Newman as 

 conflua ; and for comparison some of the true conflua from Shetland j 

 a series of Arctia ?nendica, including some of the peculiar Irish forms, 

 and a number of specimens, descendants of Mr. Porritt's celebrated 

 Huddersfield ones, and the exhibition box of No. 3 basket of the " Record 

 Exchange Club," which contained Noctua /estiva and JV. con/lua, a most 

 remarkable variety of Tceniocampa gothica, and some micros. He also 

 exhibited the wing bone of a ? Pochard {Fuligula /erina), having a 

 marvellously healed fracture of the humerus ; and pointed out a fragment 

 of shot imbedded in the bone. Mr. Jones read a paper on " Killing 

 and Setting Lepidoptera." A discussion ensued, chiefly on the several 

 methods of killing ; Mr. Jones and Mr. Farren strongly recommending 

 the use of ammonia in preference to cyanide. A vote of thanks to the 

 author for his interesting paper, concluded the meeting. — Wm. Farren, 

 Flon. Sec. 



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