﻿Ill 
  

  

  cetes 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  named 
  by 
  Miss 
  A. 
  Lorrain 
  Smith. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  

   late 
  Mr. 
  Massee 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  on 
  manure 
  heaps. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hugh 
  Main 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  photographs 
  (enlargements) 
  

   of 
  the 
  Dipteron 
  GastrophilKS 
  eqiii, 
  of 
  Rristalia 
  tena.v, 
  of 
  Nepa 
  cinerea, 
  

   of 
  Palowenaprauna 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  caddis-fly, 
  with 
  various 
  details 
  

   of 
  their 
  life 
  histories. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  Bowman 
  read 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Field 
  Meeting 
  at 
  

   Chingford, 
  on 
  May 
  25th 
  (see 
  p. 
  69). 
  

  

  Reports 
  of 
  the 
  Fungus 
  Foray, 
  held 
  on 
  Wimbledon 
  Common 
  on 
  

   October 
  5th 
  (see 
  p. 
  88), 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  John 
  Innes 
  Horti- 
  

   cultural 
  Institution 
  on 
  July 
  13th, 
  were 
  communicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  

   Step 
  (see 
  p. 
  78). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Frohawk 
  commented 
  on 
  the 
  almost 
  continuous 
  wet 
  season 
  

   from 
  about 
  last 
  June 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  In 
  County 
  Cork 
  there 
  

   had 
  been 
  45 
  consecutive 
  wet 
  days 
  and 
  11 
  J 
  in. 
  of 
  rain 
  had 
  fallen 
  in 
  

   that 
  period. 
  He 
  suggested 
  that 
  both 
  Lepidoptera 
  and 
  Northern 
  

   birds 
  had 
  been 
  scarce 
  from 
  this 
  cause. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Bowman 
  remarked 
  on 
  the 
  scarcity 
  of 
  Cheimatobia 
  brumata 
  at 
  

   Epping, 
  and 
  Mr, 
  Adkin 
  noted 
  that 
  much 
  land 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  now 
  

   quite 
  waterlogged. 
  

  

  JANUAEY 
  2Brd, 
  1919. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Annual 
  Meeting. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Session 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  Balance 
  Sheet 
  was 
  read 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Tonge, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Auditors, 
  

   and 
  was 
  adopted. 
  (See 
  pages 
  xiv., 
  xv.) 
  

  

  The 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  was 
  read 
  by 
  the 
  Secretary 
  and 
  was 
  

   adopted. 
  (See 
  page 
  x.) 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  announced 
  the 
  Officers 
  elected 
  for 
  the 
  ensuing 
  

   year 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Prendent. 
  — 
  S. 
  Edwards, 
  F.L.S., 
  etc. 
  

  

  VicePresidents.—li. 
  G. 
  Blair, 
  B.Sc, 
  F.E.S., 
  and 
  H. 
  J. 
  Turner, 
  

   F.E.S. 
  

  

  TreaHHver.—k. 
  E. 
  Tonge, 
  F.E.S. 
  

  

  Librarian. 
  — 
  A. 
  W. 
  Dods. 
  

  

  Curator. 
  — 
  W. 
  West 
  (Greenwich). 
  

  

  Editor 
  of 
  Proceediiuja. 
  — 
  H. 
  J. 
  Turner, 
  F.E.S. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Secretary. 
  — 
  Stanley 
  Edwards, 
  F.L.S., 
  etc. 
  (Corresponding). 
  

  

  Coxincil.—B. 
  "W. 
  Adkin, 
  F.E.S., 
  R. 
  Adkin, 
  F.E.S., 
  W. 
  J. 
  Ash- 
  

  

  