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as last year, and six less than in 1901. The Council hope that 

 the Fellows will during the coming Session display more 

 energy and secure a considerable addition to the Society's list 

 of members. 



At present the Society consists of twelve Honorary Fellows, 

 and four hundred and seventy-one Life and Subscribing 

 Fellows, making a total of four hundred and eighty-three, 

 which, notwithstanding the losses by death and resignation, is 

 an increase by eleven on last year's list, and represents a 

 membership greater than in any previous year of the Society's 

 existence of seventy-one years. 



The Transactions for the year 1903 form a volume of 575 

 pages, containing twenty-seven Memoii-s, contributed by the 

 following authors : Mr. Gilbert J. Arrow, Mr. Peter Cameron 

 (two papers), Mr. G. C, Champion and JJr. T. A. Chapman, ^Mr. 

 G. C. Champion, Dr. T. A. Chapman, 3Ir. Lionel Crawshay, 

 Mr. W. L. Distant, Dr. Frederick A. Dixey, Mr. Henry J. 

 Elwes, F.R.S. (two papers), ^Ii. F. Du Cane Godman, F.R.S., 

 Sir George Hampson, Bart., Mr. IMartin Jacoby, Mr. Oliver 

 Janson, 'Mr. Percy I. Lathy, Professor Edward B. Poulton, 

 F.R.S. (two papers), !Mr. Ambrose Quail, ^Lr. G. A. James 

 Rothney, Mr. Edward Saunders, F.R.S. (two papers). Colonel 

 Charles Swinhoe (two papers), Mr. T. H. Taylor, ^Ir. Abbott 

 H. Thayer, and Mr. Charles Owen TVaterhouse. 



Of these twenty-seven papers, six relate to Coleoptera, one to 

 Diptera, one to Hemiptera, six to Hymenoptera, and nine to 

 Lepidoptera. In addition, there are four papers which cannot 

 be identified with any one order of insects, viz. 31r. Champion's 

 paper entitled " An Entomological Excursion to Bejar," which, 

 in addition to an account of his travels with Dr. Chapman in 

 Central Spain, contains lists of his captures of fjohoptera and 

 Hemixjtera-Heteroptera ; Professor Poulton's very interesting 

 paper on his experiments upon '• The Colour Relation between 

 Lepidopterous Larvse and their Surroundings," Mr. Abbott H. 

 Thayer's paper on " Protective Coloration in its Relation to 

 Mimicry, Common Warning Colours, and Sexual Selection," 

 and Professor Poulton's paper entitled "'A Brief Discussion of 

 A. H. Thayer's Suggestions as to the meaning of Colour and 

 Pattern in Insect Bionomics." 



