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having been received, the Fellovps nominated by the Council were 

 declared elected as Officers and Council for 1917. — The Balance-sheet 

 was read by Mr. E. Wylie Lloyd, one of the Auditors, and adopted 

 on the motion of Mr. P. H. *Wolley-Dod, seconded by Mr. G. E. 

 Frisby. — The Eev. G. Wheeler, one of the Secretaries, then read 

 the Eeport of the Council, which was adopted on the motion of 

 Mr. H. Main, seconded by Mr. W. J. Kaye-^ — In consequence of the 

 absence of the President through illness, his Address was read at his 

 request by the Eev. Jas. Waterston, who showed a number of slides 

 in illustration. — The Eev. F. D. Morice proposed a vote of thanks to 

 the President, regretting his absence and its cause, and expressing 

 the hope that the Address might appear in the ' Proceedings ' of the 

 Society. — The vote of thanks was carried unanimously, after being 

 seconded by Mr. Hamilton Druce. — A vote of thanks to the Officers 

 was passed on the motion of Mr. Stanley Edwards, seconded by 

 Mr. J. Hartley Durrant, and each of the Officers said a few words in 

 reply. 



Wednesday, Deceviher 6th, 1916. — Commander J. J. Walker, 

 M.A., E.N., F.L:S., Vice-President, in the chair.— Election of Special 

 Life Fellows : Prof. L. C. Miall, F.E.S., Norton Way N., Letchworth, 

 and Col. J. W. Yerbury, F.Z.S., 2, Eyder Street, St. James's, S.W., 

 were elected the first Special Life Fellows of the Society.— Mr. 

 J. C. F. Fryer exhibited, (1) specimens of the beetles Anthicus 

 bifasciatus and the bug Lygus ruhicundus, two species which have 

 only been recorded in Britain from a restricted area in Cambridge- 

 shire and Huntingdonshire ; (2) specimen apples illustrating the 

 serious injury caused by the bugs Plesiocoris ntgicollis and Ortho- 

 tylus marginalis, which appear to have adopted apples as a food- 

 plant only within comparatively recent years.^ — Dr. H. Eltringham 

 exhibited examples of Pa'pilio dardamts ^ , taken by Mr. G. H. 

 Bullock (British Vice-Consul at Fernando Po) near Santa Isabel, 

 Fernando Po ; also a curious example of Danaida chrysippus f . 

 alcippus taken near Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, and entirely devoid 

 of yellow pigment, the result being that the specimen had the appear- 

 ance of a monochromatic representation of the insect. — Prof. Poulton 

 said that he had received a fine series of Mylabrid beetles, including 

 many pairs in coitH, collected by Mr. C. O. Farquharson from 

 " ground-nut," Arachis hypogcea, L., at Moor Plantation (480-580 ft.), 

 four miles west of Ibadan, S. Nigeria. The assemblage was found 

 to break up into four species belonging to three genera or subgenera. 

 — Prof. Poulton said that he had received several letters and boxes of 

 specimens from Dr. Carpenter from South-west Uganda and German 

 East Africa west of the Victoria Nyanza, and he felt sure that the 

 Society would be glad to record the observations on this little-known 

 area. — Mr. 0. E. Janson exhibited a specimen of Thaumasus gigas, 

 Oliv., a rare and remarkable Longicorn beetle recently received by 

 him from Venezuela. — The following papers were read: "New 

 Species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum," by Eowland E. 

 Turner, F.E.S. ; " Descriptions of South American Micro-lepi- 

 doptera," by E. Meyrick, B.A., F.E.S. , F.E.S. ; "Notes on some 

 British Guiana Hymenoptera," by G. E. Bodkin, F.Z.S., F.E.S.-^ 

 George Wheeler, Hon. Sec. 



