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December last, the Society now consists of an Honorary Life 

 President, and Honorary and Ordinary Fellows. 



No vacancies have occurred in the list of Honorary Fellows 

 during the year, but since our last Annual Meeting 6 Ordinary 

 Fellows have died, and have been struck off the list for non- 

 payment of their Subscriptions. On the other hand, the Society 

 has elected 35 new Fellows during the year, in addition to the 21 

 who were formerly Subscribers, making the total number elected 

 50, a number never before reached in any previous year of the 

 Society's existence. 



The Society at the present time consists of an Honorary Life- 

 President, 10 Honorary Fellows, 40 Life Fellows, and 231 

 paying the Annual Subscription, making the total number of 

 Members now on the Society's list 281, which, after allowing for 

 the losses by death, exclusion, and resignation, is an increase of 

 2] on the number at the date of the Annual Meeting last year. 



At a Special Meeting held on the 1st December last, in 

 pursuance of a notice given to the President and Council, 

 such amendments in the Bye-Laws as were referred to in the 

 notice and were deemed necessary to adapt them to the 

 altered status of the Society in consequence of the grant of the 

 Charter were agreed to. Since the date of such Meeting a copy 

 of the amended Bye-Laws has been sent to every Fellow of the 

 Society resident in the United Kingdom. 



The Transactions for the year form a volume of 468 pages, 

 containing 19 memoirs contributed by 14 authors and illustrated 

 with 11 plates, of which 7 are coloured. Of these 19 memoirs 

 6 relate to Lepidoptera, 6 to Coleoptera, 5 to Hemiptera, 1 to 

 Hymenoptera and 1 to Entomological Nomenclature. 



The Proceedings, containing an account of the exhibitions and 

 discussions at the Meetings, besides several short papers not 

 published in the Transactions, extend to over 80 pages. 



The finances of the Society are in a far more satisfactory 

 condition than they have been for many years past, and may be 

 stated as follows : — 



