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MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL S.OCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos Street, Cavendigh 

 Square, W. — Wednesday, March 7th, 1917. 



The Chair will be taken at 8 o'clock in the evening precisely. 



The Library is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (except on Saturdays, when it 

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THE SOUTH LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY 

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March 6th — Special exhibition and discussion, " The Geranacea." Opened by 

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