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Society's cabinets. He also showed the various species of the 

 Coleopterous genus taken by him in Surrey in 1918. — Mr. E. Adkin, 

 various species of the Tortrices, bred from larvae feeding on ivy along 

 the parades at Eastbourne, T. fosterana, T. yodana, and T. pronuhana. 

 — Mr. R. Bowman, Teplirosia bistortata, with dark, suffused marginal 

 area. — Mr. Barnett, a very variable series of Bryophila j^erla from 

 Warrington. — Mr. B. W. Adkin, Dryas paphia, showing aberration 

 in coloration, znarking, size, and shape of wing. — Mr. W. West, the 

 rare Coleopteron, Aviarochara honnairi, from Box Hill, not taken since 

 1863, by Dr. Power. — Mr. H. J. Turner, a long series of the Lycaenid, 

 Chilades trochylus, from Cyprus, the smallest species of Rhopalocera ; 

 also a series of Hydnecia crinanensis from Ireland, with several of 

 the named forms sent him by Mr. Greer. — Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone, 

 several series of Agriades corydon, and contributed a note on the 

 dwarf local race taken on the N. Downs during the past two years. — 

 Several members gave notes on the season. Hibernia defoliaria had 

 been seen as early as September 23rd in Surrey. 



January 9th, 1919.— Mr. Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.E.S., Presi- 

 dent, in the Chair. — Mr. G. H. Cornish, Plumstead Common, was 

 elected a member. — Mr. Buckstone exhibited a series of second-brood 

 Agriades thetis from Eastbourne and the Surrey Hills. — Mr. Frohawk : 

 (1) Plebeius CBgon, very pale examples, with immaculate undersides 

 of fore wings, and slightly striated ; (2) Aricia medon (astrarche), pale 

 yellow marginal markings ; (3) PolyommaUis icarus, a female with 

 pale yellow marginal markings. — Mr. B. Adkin : (1) Argynnis aglaia, 

 pale specimen, with enlarged markings; (2) A. cydippie [adipjpe), 

 pale specimen, a strongly banded underside ; (3) a curious smoky 

 Strenia clathrata. — Mr. R. Adkin, t\^'oHypercallia citrinalis{christier- 

 nana) from an old collection. — Mr. H. Main, a species of Anopheles, 

 common at Eastbourne, and a series of photographs (enlargements) 

 of details of the life-history of Gastrophila equi and Eristalis tenax 

 (Dip.), Nepa cinerea and Pentatovia prasina (Hem.), etc. — Mr. R. T. 

 Bowman read a report of the Field Meeting at Chingford on May 

 25th. — Mr. E. Step communicated reports of the visit to the John 

 Innes Horticultural Institution, and of the Fungus Foray on Wim- 

 bledon Common. — Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Editor of Proceedings. 



OBITUARY. 



Frederick Du Cane Godman, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc 



1834-1919. 



By the death of Frederick Du Cane Godman, on February 19th, 

 the ranks of surviving naturalists who had already made name and 

 fame for themselves in the mid- Victorian epoch have suffered a 

 notable loss. As a boy Dr. Godman appears to have been delicate, 

 and, in fact, was removed from Eton at an early age for this reason. 

 Yet he lived to complete his eighty-fifth year, and, until well on in 

 life, enjoyed a good constitution, which served him well in the numerous 

 expeditions undertaken by him to collect material for the magnificent 

 collections which formed the Godman-Salvin Museum, all of which I 



