﻿The 
  following 
  Papers 
  have 
  been 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  Society 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  11th, 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  genus 
  Spilosoma," 
  a 
  short 
  paper 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   cussion, 
  introduced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  W. 
  Adkin. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  23rd. 
  — 
  ^A 
  short 
  paper 
  and 
  discussion 
  on 
  " 
  Mimas 
  tilia," 
  

   introduced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Sperring. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  27th. 
  — 
  A 
  short 
  paper 
  and 
  discussion 
  on 
  " 
  Ematunia 
  

   atnmaria," 
  introduced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Turner. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  11th. 
  — 
  A 
  short 
  paper, 
  " 
  A 
  Beginner's 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  

   Tortriciua," 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Sich. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  25th. 
  — 
  "On 
  Lampronia 
  qnadripiinctdla 
  ajiad 
  its 
  ahevra,- 
  

   tions," 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Sich. 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  8th. 
  — 
  " 
  Species 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Ceroatoma,''' 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  

   Sich. 
  

  

  On 
  September 
  12th. 
  — 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Butterflies 
  of 
  Japan," 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  H. 
  J. 
  Turner. 
  

  

  On 
  October 
  24th. 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  Variation 
  of 
  Epmephele 
  tithonns,'' 
  paper 
  

   and 
  discussion 
  introduced 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  G. 
  Wheeler. 
  

  

  Two 
  special 
  lectures 
  were 
  given 
  before 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  October 
  10th.—" 
  Sponges," 
  by 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  Dendy, 
  F.R.S. 
  

  

  November 
  14th. 
  — 
  "The 
  Mycetozoa," 
  by 
  Miss 
  G. 
  Lister, 
  F.L.S., 
  

   President 
  of 
  the 
  Essex 
  Field 
  Club. 
  

  

  Lantern 
  slides, 
  diagrams, 
  and 
  specimens 
  were 
  shown 
  on 
  both 
  

   occasions. 
  

  

  The 
  Hon. 
  Curator, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  West, 
  reports 
  that 
  additions 
  

   to 
  the 
  Cabinet 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  himself 
  and 
  Mr. 
  x\shdown 
  with 
  

   Coleoptera 
  and 
  Neuroptera, 
  and 
  also 
  mentions 
  that 
  the 
  use 
  made 
  of 
  

   the 
  collections 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  is 
  satisfactory. 
  

  

  The 
  Hon. 
  Librarian, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Dods, 
  reports 
  that 
  a 
  fair 
  number 
  

   of 
  books 
  have 
  been 
  borrowed, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  library 
  has 
  been 
  well 
  

   used 
  for 
  reference 
  on 
  meeting 
  nights. 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  been 
  five 
  Field 
  Meetings 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  May 
  25th, 
  to 
  Chingford, 
  conducted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  Bowman. 
  

  

  June 
  15th, 
  to 
  Horsley, 
  conducted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Kaye. 
  

  

  July 
  13th, 
  to 
  the 
  John 
  Innes' 
  Horticultural 
  Institute, 
  Merton. 
  

   Owing 
  to 
  domestic 
  bereavement, 
  Prof. 
  Bateson, 
  F.R.S. 
  , 
  was 
  unable 
  

   to 
  conduct 
  the 
  members 
  himself, 
  but 
  the 
  staff 
  showed 
  those 
  present 
  

   the 
  more 
  interesting 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  experiments 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  

   progress. 
  

  

  