BALANCE SHEET 



OK 

 CONVKRSAZIONK ON l-ANUARV 24TH, 1890. 



Dr. 



Tickets sold— 259 at 3/6 



£ s. d. 

 45 6 6 



As 6 6 



Cr. C s. a. 



By Hire of Institute 12 3 6 



,, Workmen's Time 4 10 i 



„ Refreshments 3 I9 9 



,, Carriage, &c. of Exhibits... 3 19 7 



,, Printing— Perfect 3 jo 6 



,, Hire of Band i 15 o 



,, ,, Piano — Home i 5 o 



,, ,, Plants — Fisher o 10 o 



,, Insurance o 10 o 



,, Stamps and Stationerj' I 2 9 



„ Sundries i 2 10 



,, Balance — 



Grant to Library 7 11 6 

 Publication Fund 360 



10 17 6 



As 6 6 



G. Harris Morris, 



Hon. Secretary. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SEC ITON. 



Chairman : Rev. C. F. Thornewill, M.A. 



My Report for the current year must of necessity be very brief, owing 

 to the remarkable scarcity of insects which has prevailed during the 

 whole of the year, and which appears to have been noticed generally 

 throughout the kingdom. But on the other hand, some few insects 

 have occurred in unusual profusion. For instance, on March i8th, 

 C.Jliivicornis swarmed on the palings of Wolseley Park, while the same 

 may be said of/., lobidala at Hopwas Wood, on April 29th, of T. rttbi 

 on Cannock Chase, on May 7th, and of A^. cristulalis and L. hexapterata 

 on ^L^y 31st, at Bishop's Woods, near Stafford ; the last-named being 

 taken during an Excursion of the North Staffordshire Field Club. But 

 still, insects as a rule have been very scarce, and some even of our 

 commone>t butterflies have hardly been seen at all, while the lack of 

 caterpillars has been even more striking than that of the perfect insects. 



