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a long and beautiful series of lantern slides from photographs of Lepidopterous ova, 

 larvffi, and imagines, by Mr. Hugh Main, B.Sc. Amongst those shown and 

 described were the following: magnified ova of H. ahruptaria ; A. atropos, on 

 potato ; pnpffi of M. stellatarum ; C. lychnifis, feeding on black mullein seeds ; 

 V. vinula, vesting for moulting; E. versicolor; M.pisi; 0. potatoiia, on coltsfoot; 

 ova of B. ruhi, on sweet gale; larvae of G. quercifolia; S. lulricipeda; magnified 

 antenna of antiqua, and female of the same species depositing her eggs ; exposed 

 pup* of N. arundinis in stems of bulrush ; larvoe of P. snmragdaria on sea worm- 

 wood ; a series of photographs of moths at rest, to show the protective value afforded by 

 the various tree-trunks, lichens, &e., on which they usually settle ; larvse, at different 

 ages, chrysalids, and imago of P. macliaon ; winter and summer forms of the pupa 

 of L. sinapis ; chrysalis of I. sihylla ; a series of slides showing larvae of P. atnlanta 

 in their natural surroundings, also pupae and imagines of the same species ; ova of 

 M. aurinia on the devil's-bit scabious, &c., &c. The undermentioned exhibits 

 were shown : Cahera pusaria and the variety rotnndaria, by Mr. W. Mansbridge, 

 in exhibiting which he dealt with the question of specific or varietal value for the 

 latter insect. Three specimens of Limnophilus elegans, one of the rarest of the 

 European caddis-flies, captured at Ballaugh, Tsle of Man, and presented to the 

 Society by Dr. E. T. Cassal. Pterostichus parumpunctatus, from Gibside (R. 

 Bagnall) ; Thanashmi^ fonnicnrius from Monks Wood (R. Tait, junr.) ; and the 

 earwig, Apterygida media, from ITuntingfield, Kent (H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe) by 

 Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, F.R.Met.S.-E. J. B. Sopp and W. Delamerr Hakrison, 

 Hon. Secretaries. 



Annual Meeting. 

 The Annual Meeting was held in the Royal Institution, Liverpool, on Monday, 

 December 18th. In the absence of the President, Mr. S. J. Cappee, F.E.S , Mr. 

 Richard Wilding, Vice-President, occupied the Chair. The following were 

 elected Members of the Society : The Right Hon. Lord Avebury, P.O., D.C.L., 

 LL.D., George Arnold (University of Liverpool), Eustace R. Bankes, M.A., F.E.S., 

 Geo. C. Champion, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Thos. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S., Chas. W., 

 Dale FES, Rev. H. S. Gorham, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Herbert Goss, F.L.S., F.E.S., 

 Martin Jacoby, F.E.S., Gervase F. Mathew, F.L.S., F.E.S., R.N.. Professor Raphael 

 Meldola, F.R.S., F.C.S., F.E.S., Frederic Merrifield, F.E.S., President of the 

 Entomological Society of London, Claude Morley. F.E.S., David Sharp, M.A., 

 M.B.,F.R.S.,H. R. Sweeting, Colonel Charles Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., Gerald 

 M. Taylor, M.A., Rev. A. Thornley, M.A., F.E.S., Commander J. J. Walker, M.A., 

 R.N., F.L.S., and Lieut.-Colonel John W. Yerbury, R A., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



The Secretary then read the Report of the Council, an eminently satisfactory 

 one. The Treasurer, (Dr. J. Cotton) then presented his Balance Sheet which 

 showed a substantial and increased balance at the bank. 



The Annual Address by Mr. Horace St. J. K. Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., F.E.S., 

 Vice-President, was then communicated. 



On the motion of the Chairman a very cordial vote of thanks was accorded 

 Mr. Donisthorpe, whose paper it was resolved to print in full in the proceedings of 



the Society. 



The following officers were elected to serve during 1906 : Fresident, Samuel 



