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general collection of the British Museum. He considered 

 that tlie feeling that the labours of a lifetime might practically 

 lose their value through incoi'poration by an incompent hand, 

 would act as a deterrent to many specialists, who, but for this 

 feeling, might desire that their collections should find a resting 

 place in the Museum. 



Mr. Waterhouse stated that Mr. Elwes was in error if he 

 supposed that any labels had been removed from the specimens 

 in the Zeller Collection. 



Mr. 0. Janson said he could confirm Mr. Waterhouse's 

 statement. 



Mr. W. Wari'en read a paper " On the Pyralidina collected 

 in 1874 and 1875 by Dr. J. W. H. Trail in the Basin of 

 the Amazons." 



Mr. C. J. Gahan read a paper entitled " Descriptions of 

 new or little-known species of Glenea in the Collection of 

 the British Museum." 



Mr. J. S. Baly communicated a paper entitled " Notes on 

 Aidacophora and allied genera." 



March 6, 1889. 



The Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., F.R.S., President, 

 in the chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted 

 to the respective donors. 



Election of FeUous. 



The Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.A., of Armagh ; the Rev. C. F. 

 Thornewill, M.A., of Burton-on-Trent ; and Mr. C. R. Straton, 

 F.R.C.S., of Wilton, were elected Fellows. 



Kxhihitionsj dr. 



Mr, F. P. Pascoe exhibited several specimens of the Saiiba 



Ant [(Ecodoma cepJndotes), from Para, with portions of dried 



leaves attached to their bodies. It seemed questionable 



whother the leaves were collected by the Ants for the purpose 



