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formed ? Its desirability is bej'ond all doubt. — J. Arkle ; 

 3, George Street, Chester, January 10, 1888. 



Erratum. — For hebridium (page 27, ante) read hehud'mui. 



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Entomological Society of London. — Fifty-fifth Anniversary 

 Meeting, January 18, 1888. — Dr. D. Sharp, President, in the 

 chair. An abstract of the Treasurer's Accounts, showing a balance 

 in the Society's favour, was read by Mr. H. T. Stainton, F.R.S., 

 one of the Auditors ; and Mr. H. Goss read the Report of the 

 Council. It was announced that the following gentlemen had 

 been elected as Officers and Council for 1888 : — President, Dr. 

 David Sharp, M.B., F.Z.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. Edward Saunders, 

 F.L.S. ; Secretaries, Mr. H. Goss, F.L.S., and the Rev. Canon 

 Fowler, M.A., F.L.S. ; Librarian, Mr. Ferdinand Grut, F.L.S. ; 

 and as other Members of Council, Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.L.S., Sir 

 John Lubbock, Bart, M.P., F.R.S., Mr. Robert M'Lachlan, 

 F.R.S., Mr. P. Brooke Mason, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., Mr. E. B. 

 Poulton, M.A., F.L.S., Mr. Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S., Mr. 

 Henry T. Stainton, F.R.S., and the Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham, 

 M.A., F.R.S. The President delivered an Address, for which a 

 vote of thanks to him was moved by Mr. M'Lachlan, seconded by 

 Mr. F. Pascoe, and carried. A vote of thanks to the Treasurer, 

 Secretaries, and Librarian, was moved by Mr. Kirb}', seconded by 

 Mr. Waterhouse, and carried. Mr. Saunders, Mr. Goss, Canon 

 Fowler, and Mr. Grut made some remai-ks in acknowledgment. 

 Mr. Waterhouse proposed a vote of thanks to the Council, which 

 was seconded by Mr. White, and carried. Mr. Stainton replied. 

 — II. Goss, flon. Secretary. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — December '22, 1887. R. Adkin, Esq., President, in the 

 chair. Messrs. H. Hayward, F. E. Pow, F. S. Pilkington, W. R. 

 Hickling, H. I. Smith, C. Kedgley, F. Livesey, E. A. Fitch, G. 

 T. Porritt, J. A. Smith, W. Turpin, S. Mosley, J. Butterfield, W. 

 Farren, I. Eckersall, and the Rev. Canon Fowler, were elected 

 members. The only exhibits were a lilac-coloured variety of 

 Lyccena icarus, an hermaphrodite specimen of L. corydon by 



