() Fxlye 4) 
Mr. W. L. Distant; Myr. F. P. Pascoe; and Mr. E. B. 
Poulton, M.A. Of these 15 papers 9 relate to Lepidoptera 
(or to enquiries in which Lepidoptera were the subjects 
of experiment), 3 to Coleoptera, 2 to Hemiptera, and 1 to 
Neuroptera. 
The memoirs above referred to are illustrated with 17 
plates, of which 11 are coloured. The Society is indebted to 
Mr. Elwes for contributing £25 towards the cost of Plates 
VIII, TX., X. and XI.; to Mr. Paseoo for Plate XIV.; and 
to Mr. Poulton for Plates XV., XVI. and XVII. 
The Proceedings, containing an account of the exhibitions 
and discussions at the Meetings in addition to abstracts of 
several of the papers published in the Transactions, and also 
one or two papers not published in the Transactions, extend 
to over 68 pages. 
The publication of a Catalogue of the Books and Pam- 
philets in the Society’s Library has long been under consider- 
ation, and on the 6th day of June last a Library Catalogue 
Publication Committee was nominated by the Council, 
consisting of Dr. Sharp, Mr. Stainton, Mr. Salvin, Mr. 
M’Lachlan, Mr. Grut, and Mr. J. W. Dunning. 
The Report of this Committee, in which the publication of 
the Library Catalogue was recommended, was submitted to 
the Council on the 5th day of December last, and the 
estimated expense being not too heavy, and the Honorary 
Librarian having kindly consented to undertake the prepara- 
tion of the manuscript, the Council have decided to print the 
Catalogue. In view of the expense of printing the Catalogue 
three Compositions, in lieu of Annual Subseriptions, received 
during the year were retained by the Treasurer, instead of 
being invested in the usual way. Some portion of the amount 
of these compositions has been expended, but the remainder 
is in hand. Consequently the Treasurer’s balance is above 
the average; but, as a result of the non-investment of the 
compositions, the Society’s capital has not increased since 
the date of the last Annual Meeting. 
During the past year about one hundred Books, Pamphlets, 
Journals and Papers have been added to the Library; the 
Meetings have been better attended than in any previous 
