﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COUNCIL, 
  1918. 
  

  

  THE 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  London 
  Entomological 
  and 
  Natural 
  

   History 
  Society, 
  in 
  presenting 
  the 
  forty-seventh 
  Annual 
  

   Report, 
  are 
  pleased 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  Society 
  continues 
  in 
  a 
  

   satisfactory 
  condition. 
  

  

  Seven 
  new 
  members 
  have 
  been 
  elected, 
  but 
  the 
  Society 
  has 
  to 
  

   deplore 
  the' 
  loss 
  by 
  death 
  of 
  five 
  members, 
  viz., 
  Messrs. 
  J. 
  Bateson, 
  

   G. 
  Brooks, 
  C. 
  P. 
  Emmett, 
  W. 
  F. 
  de 
  Vismes 
  Kane, 
  and 
  G. 
  E. 
  H. 
  

   Peskett. 
  There 
  have 
  been 
  two 
  resignations. 
  

  

  The 
  Membership 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  4 
  Hon. 
  Members, 
  5 
  

   Life 
  Members, 
  127 
  Ordinary 
  Members, 
  and 
  21 
  Country 
  Members. 
  

   Total, 
  157. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  last 
  Annual 
  Meeting 
  the 
  Council 
  have 
  elected 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  

   Dixey, 
  F.R.S., 
  as 
  an 
  Hon. 
  Member, 
  bringing 
  the 
  number 
  up 
  to 
  

   four. 
  

  

  The 
  Balance 
  Sheet, 
  duly 
  audited, 
  is 
  printed 
  on 
  pages 
  xiv. 
  and 
  xv. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  train 
  service 
  being 
  so 
  much 
  curtailed, 
  your 
  Council 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  decided 
  that 
  the 
  meetings 
  should 
  be 
  held 
  at 
  

   7 
  o'clock 
  instead 
  of 
  8. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  15th, 
  a 
  new 
  feature 
  of 
  this 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  holding 
  of 
  a 
  

   " 
  Special 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  Living 
  Objects 
  of 
  Natural 
  History." 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Special 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  Orders 
  other 
  than 
  Lepidoptera 
  " 
  was 
  

   held 
  on 
  May 
  9th, 
  when 
  several 
  interesting 
  exhibits 
  of 
  Coleoptera, 
  

   Orthoptera, 
  and 
  of 
  Birds, 
  etc., 
  were 
  shown. 
  

  

  The 
  Annual 
  " 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  Varieties 
  and 
  other 
  Objects 
  of 
  

   Interest," 
  was 
  held 
  on 
  November 
  2Sth, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  success, 
  the 
  

   numbers 
  attending 
  almost 
  approaching 
  pre-war 
  days, 
  the 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  Lycmiidce, 
  especially 
  those 
  of 
  Agriades 
  coridon 
  and 
  A. 
  thetis, 
  were 
  

   remarkably 
  fine. 
  

  

  The 
  Lantern 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  on 
  four 
  occasions 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Dennis 
  has 
  kindly 
  officiated 
  as 
  Hon. 
  Lanternist. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ashdown 
  still 
  continues 
  as 
  Recorder 
  of 
  Attendances. 
  

  

  