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Yaxley. Next spring great numbers of larvae were turned 

 out on the dwarf sallows growing among the gravel-pits in 

 the Forest. A few larvae were seen the following year, but 

 not afterwards. It is very strange that a raoth which fre- 

 quents towns and suburban gardens on the Continent should 

 be found in such a very different locality here. In France 

 the larvae appeared to feed principally on the elm." 



Captain Hulton, of Mussooree, communicated a " Note on 

 the Japan Silkworm," in which he expressed his opinion that 

 Bombyx Yamamai is a hybrid between a degenerate race of 

 B. Mori and B. sinensis, and repeated his conviction that, 

 for the purpose of renewing the European stock, experienced 

 entomologists should visit different parts of China, with a 

 view to the re-discovery of the silkworm in its natural state 

 of freedom. 



Anniversary Meeting, January 28. — Sir John Lubbock, 

 Bart., President, in the chair. 



This being the usual Meeting for the election of officers, a 

 ballot was taken and scrutineers appointed, who declared Sir 

 John Lubbock elected President ; Mr. Samuel Stevens, Trea- 

 surer ; Messrs. Dunning and Sharp, Secretaries ; and the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen Members of Council : — H. W. Bates, J. W. 

 Dunning, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., R. McLachlan, F. Moore, 

 G. S. Saunders, David Sharp, A. F. Sheppard, Frederick 

 Smith, H. T. Stainton, S. Stevens, J. Jenner Weir, J. O. 

 Westwood. 



The President delivered a most admirable and eloquent 

 Address on the slate, progress, and prospects of Entomology 

 and the Entomological Society, giving a masterly summary 

 of the principal events of the year. 



Votes of thanks to the retiring officers were moved, 

 seconded, and carried unanimously. The Meeting was more 

 numerously attended than is usual on these occasions, which 

 are regarded as of rather a formal and routine character. 



At Home. — March 1st. 8th and loth, from 6 to 9 

 P.M. London Terminus of Peckham Railway at the extreme 

 right of London Bridge Station. — Edward Newman ; 7, York 

 Grove, Peckham. 



