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During the yenr 1890 five Fellows have died, viz., Mr. 

 Joseph S. Baly, M.R.C.S., Mr. Arthur BHss, Mr. AVilliam 

 Copiierthwaifce, Mons. I'Abbe de Marseul, and Mr. Owen 

 Wilson ; four Fellows have been struck out of the list for 

 non-payment of their subscriptions ; and 27 new Fellows 

 have been elected. 



The number of Fellows elected during the year is the 

 largest on record, with the exception of that for 1886, when 

 the number was greatly augmented by the conversion of 

 Subscribers into FelloAVs. Notwithstanding the yearly in- 

 crease in the number of Fellows, the Council is still obliged 

 to refuse or postpone the publication of valuable papers and 

 plates for want of funds, and therefore it feels again bound 

 to urge the Fellows to do their utmost to induce their friends 

 to join the Society and thus increase its revenue. 



At the present time the Society consists of an Hon. Life- 

 President, 10 Honorary Fellows, 46 Life Fellows, and 278 

 paying the Annual Subscription, making the total number of 

 Fellows now on the Society's List 334, which, after allowing 

 for the losses by deaths and exclusions, is an increase in 

 number of 18 since the date of the Annual Meeting last year. 



The Transactions for the year 1890 form a volume of 

 691 pages, containing 20 memoirs contributed by the follow- 

 ing 17 authors, viz., the late Mr. Joseph S. Baly, M.R.C.S. ; 

 Mr. Lionel de Niceville ; Dr. Frederick Augustus Dixey, 

 M.A.; Mr. Frederic Merrifield ; Colonel Charles Swinhoe 

 (2 papers) ; Mr. Charles J. Gahan, M.A. ; Mr. Henry J. Elwes ; 

 Dr. David Sharp, F.R.S. (2 papers); Mr. James J. Walker, 

 R.N. ; Professor John 0. Westwood, M.A. (2 papers) ; Mr. 

 Edward Meyrick, B.A. ; Mr. Henry W. Bates, F.R.S. ; Mr. 

 Neville Manders, M.R.C.S.; The Rev. Henry S. Gorham; Mr. 

 Philip Crowley ; Mynheer Pieter C. T. Snellen ; and Mr. 

 Arthur G. Butler. 



Of these 20 papers 12 relate to Lepidoptera (or to enquiries 

 in which Lepidoptera were the subjects of experiment) ; 6 to 

 Coleoptera; and 2 to Hemiptera. 



The memoirs above referred to are illustrated with 21 

 plates, of which 11 arc coloured. 



