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compelled to withhold valuable papers contributed by Fellows, 
simply for want of funds, and were it not for the continued 
generosity of one or two Fellows we should have been unable 
to bring our Transactions even to the modest number of pages 
and plates of the current issue. Much time has been devoted 
by the Treasurer and the Council to the matter : the question of 
raising the annual subscription has been considered at length, 
put abandoned as undesirable; a majority of the Council, 
however, recommend that the Life Composition be somewhat 
increased, and for this purpose have taken steps to consult 
the wishes of the Society upon the necessary alteration of 
the Bye-Law. ‘The increased expenses of printing, and of the 
preparation of the plates; the advance in the cost of paper, 
and the falling off in the amount of voluntary subscriptions 
to the publication fund, have demanded stricter economy on 
the part of the Council, and a consequent reduction of the 
scientific material published by the Society. 
The Transactions for the year, however, form a volume 
of five hundred and fifteen pages, containing twenty-seven 
Memoirs by the following authors: Mr. Malcolm Burr, B.A., 
F.Z.8., Lieut-.Colonel C. T. Bingham, F.Z.S., Mr. M. Cameron, 
M.B., R.N., and Signor A. Caruana Gatto, LL.D., the Rev. 
G. A. Crawshay, M.A., Dr. T. A. Chapman, M.D. (two), Dr. 
T. A. Chapman and Mr. G. C. Champion, F.Z.S., Mr. Hamilton. 
H. Druce, F.Z.8., Dr. F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D., Mr. H. St. 
J. Donisthorpe and Dr. G. B. Longstaff, M.D., Mr. E. A. 
Elliott, F.Z.S., and Mr. C. Morley, F.E.S., Mr. L. Guppy, 
junior, Mr. J. L. Hancock, M.D., Mr. E. Dukinfield Jones, 
¥.Z.8., Mr. J. C. Kershaw, F.Z.8. (three ; two of them with 
Mr. F. Muir, F.E.8.), Mr. P. I. Lathy, F.Z.S, Mr. A. M. Lea, 
F.E.S., Lieut.-Colonel N. Manders and Mr. E, Meyrick, B.A., 
F.R.S., F.Z.8., Professor L. C. Miall, F.R.S., and Mr. T. H. 
Taylor, Mr. K. J. Morton, F.E.S., Mr. R. Shelford, M.A., 
O.M.Z.S. (two), Mr. E. E. Unwin, M.Sc., and Mr. H. Scott. 
Of these papers, nine relate to Lepidoptera, six to Coleo- 
ptera, three to Diptera, one to Rhynchota, three to Orthoptera, 
one to Hymenoptera, one to Neuroptera; one, by Dr. 
Chapman and Mr. G. C. Champion, to Lepidoptera and 
Coleoptera ; one by Dr. Dixey and Dr. . Longstaft to South 
