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March 28th, 1894. 
Henry Joun Exwes, Esq., F.L.8., President, in the chair. 
Donations to the Library were announced and thanks voted 
to the respective donors. 
Election of a Fellow. 
Mr. Percy H. Grimshaw, of 58, Comiston Road, Edinburgh, 
was elected a Fellow of the Society, 
Death of Mr, J. Jenner Weir. 
Mr. McLachlan announced the sudden death, on the 23rd 
inst., of Mr. J. Jenner Weir, who joined the Society in 1845, 
and had been one of its most regular attendants. He also 
commented on the scientific attainments of the deceased, and 
his social qualities. Mr. Goss and Mr. Merrifield also spoke 
of their long friendship with the deceased, and of the respect 
and esteem which they entertained for his varied knowledge 
and amiability of disposition. 
Exhibitions, ete. 
Mr. W. Borrer, jun., exhibited a wasp’s nest which had 
been built in such a way as to conceal the entrance thereto 
and to protect the whole nest from observation. He believed 
the nest to be that of Vespa vulgaris (cf. Proc. Ent. Soc. 
London, 1892, pp. xx and xxi). Mr. McLachlan and Mr. 
Blandford made some remarks on the subject. 
Mr. G. F. Hampson exhibited a specimen of Gandaritis 
flavata, Moore, from the Khasi Hills, and called attention to 
the existence in the males of this species, in the closely allied 
British species Cidaria dotata, Linn., and also in two 
Japanese species (C. agnes, Butl., and an undescribed species), 
of an organ on the under side of the forewing, which he sug- 
gested might be for stridulation ; this organ consisting of a 
small scar of hyaline membrane situated just below the 
middle of vein 2, which is much curved: this scar is fringed 
with long hair, and has running down its middle a row of 
sharp spines situated on the aborted remains of vein Ie, 
which is curved close up to vein 2; the spines would natu- 
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