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income and expenditure for the year may be roughly estimated 

 as follows: — Receipts, £317; Payments, £S0'3. The volume 

 of 'Transactions,' published in 1872, is tliinner than usual, 

 owing to several suitable papers not having been read in 

 time ; but this is counterbalanced by the number of expensive 

 coloured plates. The receipts from the sale of publications 

 again show a considerable diminution, especially as regards 

 the sale of back stock. A further and very bulky part of the 

 proposed general catalogue of the insects of the British Isles 

 (enumerating the Ichneumonidae, Braconidoe, &c., compiled 

 by the Rev. T. A. Marshall) has recently appeared. The 

 following gentlemen were elected members of council for 

 1873:— Messrs. H. W. Bales, Butler, Grut, xM'Lachlan, 

 Miiller, S. S. Saunders, F. Smith, Stainton, Stevens, Verrall, 

 C. O. Waterhouse, Weir, and Westwood. The following 

 officers for 1873 were subsequently elected : — President, 

 Prof. Westwood ; Treasurer, Mr. R. M'Lachlan ; Secretaries, 

 Messrs. F. Grut and G. H. Verrall; Librarian, Mr. E. W. 

 Janson. The president read a voluminous and exhaustive 

 address on the present state of Entomology, for which thanks 

 were returned, and which was ordered to be printed. 



Newcastle-07i-Tyne Entomoloyical Society. — The annual 

 meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday, lllh February, 

 in the curator's room of the museum. Mr. C. Eales read a 

 paper on his captures during the past season, amongst which 

 was a Tortricina, which has been found to be Cacochroa 

 Grandoevana of Staudinger and Wocke's list; Mr. Eales 

 stated that the particulars would be published in the maga- 

 zines through the kindness of Mr. C. G. Barrett. — J. 

 Hamilton, Secretary ; 13, Union Street, Newcastle. 



South London Entomological Society, 104, Westminster 

 Bridge Road. — At the meeting of this Society, held on 

 Thursday, February 6ih, a highly interesting and instructive 

 paper was read by Dr. Lucas, upon " Botany and Ento- 

 mology." He exhibited a large number of dried plants, and 

 furnished notes of the various Lepidopterous larvae found 

 upon them ; and, in order to comply with the wishes of the 

 members present, he kindly promised to continue the paper 

 on Thursday, March 6th. 



