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especially those of foreign ones, was still in its infancy, 
and that greater value was attached to this branch of 
entomology than to species naming; that the study of 
the bionomics of these creatures required great perse- 
verance, often under trying climatic conditions, since 
many were nocturnal in habit and spent their lives as 
larve under different environmental conditions to what 
they did as perfect insects. He also stated that our 
ideas as to what constituted a genus and a species were 
far from settled; what one would consider a species, 
another would classas a variety. The great advantage 
to be derived from the study of any branch of natural 
history, and in particular that of entomology, was 
discussed by Mr. Jacoby at length, and he concluded 
by saying that everyone, even the merest amateur, 
would find an endless source of interest and pleasure 
if he tried to make himself an entomologist. 
Friday, 13th March, 1903. Sir Samuel Wilks, 
Bart., F.R.S., in the Chair. 
The following exhibits were shown :—‘‘ A British 
Wild Cat,” by Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S.; 
Malay Silver Work and Ornaments worn by Sakai 
men and women, by Mr. Cecil Wray, F.G.S.; a T.S. 
of the young stem of Clematis japomca, by Mr. K. I. 
Marks, F.R.M.S.; photographs showing the develop- 
ment of Anosia erippus after emergence from pupa, and 
also a specimen of Orgyria gonostigma, and some speci- 
mens of its common ally O. antiqua for contrast, by 
Mr. Montagu F. Hopson, F.L.S.; and Obelia geniculata, 
a hydroid zoophyte, by Dr. J. W. Williams, F.L.S. 
The cat exhibited by Mr. Webb came not from 
Henley-on-Thames, as reported in the local press, but 
from Inverness. Dr. Williams and Mr. Martin main- 
tained, owing to the absence of black spots on the 
forehead, the whiteness of the claws, and especially the 
great length of the tail as compared with the rest of © 
