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Election of Fellows^ 

 Mr. f. H. Day, of Carlisle, The Rev. Thomas Prinsep 

 Levett, of Frenchgate, Richmond, Yorkshire, and Paikington 

 Hall, Lichfield, and Mr. Robert C. L. Perkins, B.A., of 

 Honolulu, were elected Fellows of the (Society. 



Nomination of Officers and Council for 1904. 

 Mr. H. Goss, one of the Seci-etaries, again read the names 

 of the Ofiicers and Members of the Council proposed for 

 election at the General Meeting. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. G. T. PoRRiTT exhibited, on behalf of Mr. T, Ashton 

 Lofthouse, a specimen of Xylophasia zoUlkoferi taken at 

 Sugar, near Middlesbi'ough, Yorkshire, on the 26th September 

 last. He said he believed that this was only the second 

 specimen which had been recorded as having been taken 

 in Britain. Mr. McLachlan, F.R.S., said the strongest 

 evidence existed that a very large immigration of insects 

 from the nearest Continental coast took place during the 

 exceptional (for this year) spell of warm and calm weather 

 prevailing towards the end of September, and he was of opinion 

 that the specimen of Xylophasia zollikoferi, taken by Mr. 

 Lofthouse in Yorkshire, formed an item in this migratory 

 swarm. Mr. Eagle Clarke had witnessed such immigration 

 when staying on board the Kentish Knock lightship for the 

 purpose of studying bird-migration. He had witnessed a 

 considerable immigration of Vanessa cardui, for instance, 

 amongst many other insects, and not the least remarkable of 

 his observations was the fact that V. cardui flies at night 

 during migration as well as by day. Mr. McLachlan re- 

 marked that the laws governing migration in insects were 

 at present little understood, and urged upon entomologists 

 the necessity of obtaining a clearer insight into their working. 

 The President and Mr. Jacoby continued the discussion. 



Mr. Malcolm Burr exhibited, and remarked on, a specimen 

 of Dinarchus dasypus, Hlig., belonging to a family of five or 

 six species confined to the Balkans. 



The President exhibited a series of photographs sent by 

 Mr. A. H. Thayer to illustrate his views on the significance 



