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paler, and the space between tlie band and the hind margin was clouded 

 with brown. Mr. Oldham, Hninlpeten rnberata, from Cambridgeshire ; 

 also the melanic form of Hi/bernia leucophcparia, Himera penn<iria $ , 

 and a specimen of a dragon fly, Libellnhi qnadrimacidata. Mr. Hill 

 stated that a specimen of Cafocala fraxini \md been seen on two occa- 

 sions, on sugar, at Bexhill, the " sugar " l)eing composed of marmalade 

 and brandy. 



The gentlemen nominated at tlio previous meeting, as officers for 

 1894, were unanimously elected. 



The Secretary read the Keport for the past year, from which it ap- 

 peared that, although the session had been a quiet one, the attendance 

 and membership roll were both larger than those for 1892. 



The President then gave his annual address, which mainly consisted 

 of a review of the list of London l)irds Avhich he had compiled in con- 

 nection with the London fauna lists iindertaken by the Society, at the 

 same time handing to each member present a copy of Mr. Tutt's neAV 

 book, liandoiii RecoUections of Woodland, Fen and Hill. 



Captain Thompson proposed a vote of thanks to the President, 

 Vice-presidents, and Officers, for their services during the past year. 

 This was seconded by Mr. Hill, and carried. — A. U. Battley and 

 J. A. SiMES, Hon. Secretaries. 



Entomological Society of London, — November 8th, 1893. — Mr. 

 Henry Jerome Turner, of 13, Drakefell Road, Hatcham, S.E. ; Mr. 

 F. W. Urich, of Trinidad, West Indies ; and Mr. John Cooper Webb, 

 of 32, Henslowe Road, Dulwich, S.E. were elected Fellows of the 

 Society. 



Mr. F. Merrifield exhibited some low temperature forms of Vanessa 

 aiahvnta, artificially produced, which showed a gi'eat reduction in the 

 area of the scarlet bands on the wings, and a great increase in 

 the area of white and bluish markings. Professor E. B. Poulton 

 described, and illustrated by means of a map, a simple method for 

 showing the geographical distrilnition of insects in collections. Below 

 the name-label of the genus and of each species were placed coloured 

 slips of such a size as to be distinctly visible at a distance, and the 

 colours, with one exception, corresponded with those made use of in 

 the map at the beginning of vol. i. of Dr. A. R. Wallace's * Geographical 

 Distribution of Animals.' The exception referred to was the Palaearctic 

 Region, which was coloured blue instead of pale brown, as in the 

 original. Framed maps of the same kind, and coloured in the same 

 way as the one he exliibited, were to be placed in museums, so as to 

 be readily seen from various groiips of cabinets. Li these maps the 

 names of the Regions, and numbers of the Sub-regions, were distinctly 

 printed, so that they could be read at a considerable distance. Prof. 

 Poulton added that the method he had described was being gradually 

 introduced into the Hope Collections at Oxford. Mr. McLachlan stated 

 that a somewhat similar plan to that described by Prof. Poulton for 

 showing the geographical distribution of insects, had been adojjted in 

 the Brussels Museum by Mons. Preudhomme de Borre. Mr. W. F. H. 

 Blandford, Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. C. J. Gahan, Mr. C. 0. Waterhouse, Mr. 

 Osbert Salvin, Prof. Poulton and the President continued the discussion. 

 Dr. Sharp read the following extract from Dr. Livingstone's " Narrative 

 of an Expedition to the Zambesi," and stated that he was indebted to 

 Mr. Gahan for calling his attention to it : — ** We tried to sleep one rainy 



