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Part of the cost of the publication of his paper on the 

 Heterocei-a of China and Japan was defrayed by INIr. J. H. 

 Leech ; and a part of the cost of Plate VIII., and the whole 

 cost of Plate X., by Dr. T. A. Chapman. 



The Memoirs above referred to are illustrated by nine plates, 

 of which three are coloured, a number as regards the coloured 

 plates below the average. But it is satisfactory to note that 

 in all cases where applications have been made for such [)late.s, 

 the Council has been in a position to grant them. 



The Report of Proceedings, containing a record of exhibi- 

 tions made at meetings, and discussions upon them, consists of 

 thirty-two pages, a number which it will be seen is not what it 

 should be, and would certainly be increased were Fellows to 

 display more energy in bringing objects of entomological 

 interest to be inspected and discussed. The average attend- 

 ance remains very much where it was last year : the number 

 of Fellows signing the book being practically the same both at 

 the monthly and the intermediate meetings. 



During the past year 19 books (not counting Ti-ans- 

 actions, pamphlets, and papers) have been added to the 

 Library, and the entry book shows that 349 volumes have 

 been borrowed by Fellows. The increasing size, however, of 

 the Librai-y, as a result among other things of the Staiuton 

 Bequest, has seriously encroached upon the book space at the 

 disposal of the Librarian, and sooner or later the question 

 must arise as to the expediency of finding more extensive 

 accommodation. 



The Supplement to the Library Catalogue has been com- 

 pleted during the year, and is now ready for distribution. 



A suggestion made to the Council to apply for some of the 

 vacant rooms recently occupied by the University of London 

 in Burlington House was considered by the Council, but H.M. 

 Govei-nment having intimated that the whole space was to be 

 appropriated to Departmental uses, no fuither steps were 

 taken in the matter. 



A.mong other questions submitted to the Council it was 

 agreed that, in the interests of entomological science, it was 

 expedient to watch the proposed scheme for converting Wicken 

 Fen into agricultural land, and to give the support of the 



