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cussion took place on the naming? of aberrations. — Mr. Turner, series 

 of three species of the genus Thais, T. rumina, T. polyxena, and 

 T. cerisyi, and read notes on their variation and distribution. — Mr. 

 Bowman, a bred example of Aglais urticce with curious leaden patches. 

 — The reports of the field meetings and visits were communicated 

 to the Society by Messrs. Bowman and Turner. 



Jamiary 24i/i. — The President in the chair. — Annual Meeting. — 

 The balance sheet and report of the Council were received and 

 adopted. The following members were elected as officers and 

 Council for 1918-19 : President, S. Edwards, F.L.S. ; Vice-Presi- 

 dents, E. Adkin, F.E.S., and H. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; Treasurer, T. W. 

 Hall, F.E.S. ; Librarian, A. W. Dods ; Curator, W. West ; Editor of 

 ' Proceedings,' H. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; Secretaries, S. E. Edwards, 

 F.L.S. , and Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S. ; Council, W. J. Ashdown, K. G. 

 Blair, B.Sc, G. Brooks, A. W. Dennis, F. W. Frohawk, F.E.S., 

 M.B.O.U., Lachlan Gibb, F.E.S., C. W. Sperring, A. E. Tonge, 

 F.E.S., and W. West, L.D.S — The President read the annual 

 address. — Mr. Edwards took the chair. — -Votes of thanks were 

 passed to the President, Officers, and Council. — Ordinary Meeting. — 

 Mr. Dennis exhibited enlarged photographs of Mr. Adkin's P. brassiccB 

 with white bars on the apical black patch, to show there was no absence 

 of scaling. — Mr. Turner, series of the beautiful Gatagramina sorona 

 from Paraguay. — Mr. Edwards, species of the genus ^^nea from 

 South America, and spoke of their affinities and neuration. — Hy. J. 

 Turner {Hon. Sec). 



February lith, 1918. — Mr. Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., President, 

 in the chair. — The death of Mr. G. Brooks, a member of the 

 Council, was announced. — Mr. Bowman exhibited a series of female 

 Hibernia defoliaria from Epping Forest in which the abdomen 

 was jet black. — Mr. Main, an observation cage, with the burrow of 

 the beetle Nebria brevicolUs, and remarked on the abundance of the 

 small mounds of debris from such excavations after the last frost. — 

 Mr. Ashdown, a long series of aberrations of Goccinella hieroglyphica 

 taken in Surrey in 1917, and a curious old book with coloured plates, 

 entitled ' Dialogues on Entomology,' 1819. — Mr. K. Adkin, a copy 

 of Merrit's ' Pinax,' 1667, one of the first books on the whole of 

 the British fauna. — Mr. West, the locust Schistocera peregrina, 

 found on a ship from West Africa. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, specimens 

 of Epinephele lycaon form lupinus from Cyprus with typical 

 specimens from the French Alps for comparison. — Mr. B. Adkin, 

 a series of the males of Agriades thetis (bellargiis), showing gradation 

 in colour development, including a clouded example on which the 

 patches seemed to be formed of scales curled up when it was looked 

 at obliquely. — The President, various species and forms of the helenus 

 group of the genus Papilio which Moore has called the sub-genus 

 Charm, including P. chaon, P. helenus, P. fusciis (severus), 

 P. isioara, etc. — A short discussion took place on the " Introduction 

 of non-indigenous species into the country." — Hy. J. Turner (Hon. 

 Editor of Proceed.). 



February 28th, 1918.— Mr. S. Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S., President, 

 in the chair. — Exhibition of lantern slides-^-The President exhibited 

 slides showing the varied forms of antennas, wing venation, andro- 



