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The Vice- Presidential address was then delivered by Dr. J. Harold Bailey, of 

 Port Erin, Isle of Man, and was entitled "The Coleoptera of the Isle of Man." 

 Dr. Bailey dealt with his subject in a most illuminating and scientific manner ; he 

 described the climate and topography of the island exhaustively, showing the 

 influence of the ocean currents and prevailing winds upon the flora and fauna. 

 The geological structure of the island was also considered as far as related to the 

 beetles and their distribution in this interesting area. Dr. Bailey discussed the 

 probable date when there must have existed a land connection between the coast, of 

 Ireland on the west, and that of Lancashire on the east, as evidenced by the 

 numbers of various classes of CoJeoptera and plants belonging to different periods 

 of migration. Lengthy comparisons were made in this connection between the 

 numbers and species of the different migrations as now existing on the adjacent 

 coasts, as well as in the case of the Alpine forms found on the Manx mountains and 

 in the highlands of Scotland and Ireland. A vote of thanks to Dr. Bailey having 

 been proposed and suitably replied to, the following exhibitions were made, viz. : — 

 By Mr. C. B. Williams, a fine female example of the olive banded form of Bombyv 

 quercus bred 1907 from a Wallasey larva. Mr. Robert Newstead, a case showing 

 the complete life-history of the common house-fly, which he had worked out during 

 the past summer. Mr. J. J. Richardson, about seventy species of Lepidoptera 

 taken from the lamps round Sefton Park, Liverpool, during 1907. These included 

 Halia vauaria, Noctua rubi, Plusia iota, P. pulchrina, Epione apiciaria, Evgonia 

 ahuaria, llimera pennaria, Leucoma salicis, and Cymatophora duplaris. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 

 Thursday, January Oik, 1908. — Mr. E. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Sich exhibited a specimen of Plodia interpunctella captured in the 

 Society's rooms. Mr. Gadge, specimens of Malacosoma neustria, from Chingford 

 larva>, one without a rudiment of the right hind-wing, and the other with an 

 extremely small left fore-wing. Mr. Turner, Dereas verhuelli, a Pierid near 

 &. rhamni and the " map " butterfly, Cyrestis thyodamas, both from the Khasia 

 Hills, India. Dr. Hodgson and Mr. Grosvenor, series and specimens of Aricia 

 agedis (aslrarche), including var. salmacis, ab. obsolela, ab. alpina, var. artaxerxes, 

 ab. allous, &c , from Reigate, Sussex, N. England, and Aberdeen. Mr. Adkin, 

 series of Tortrix pronubana, T. podana, T. heparana, T. rosana, T. forsterana, and 

 Batodes angudlorana, reared from larvae taken on Euonymus japonicus at East- 

 bourne in May and June, 19o7, and read a paper entitled "Further Notes on 

 Tortrix pronubana, including its Life-History in Britain." Reports of the various 

 Field Meetings held in 1907 were submitted and read. 



Annual Meeting, Thursday, January 23rd, 1908.— The President in the Chair. 



The balance sheet and Committee's Report were read, and showed that the 

 Society had closed another year of usefulness. The retiring President, Mr. R. 

 Adkin, then read the Annual Address, in which, after dealing witli recent Entomo- 

 logical discoveries, observations, &c, he reviewed the past history of the Society at 

 some length. 



