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been previously directed to the matter by a collector, whose 

 good faith he had no reason to doubt, and who told him he 

 had been stung by the beetle. Mr. Gahan exhibited the 

 drawings illustrating the account of this discovery given in 

 " Sitzungs-Bericht der Gessellschaft naturforschender Freunde 

 zu Berlin. Jahrgang 1896," pp. 51, et seq. 



April 5th, 1899. 

 Mr. G. H. Verr.vll, President, in the Cliair. 



Electio7i of Fellows. 



Dr. Frederick George Dawtrey-Drewitt, M.A., M.D., 

 F.R.C.P., F.Z.S., of 2, Manchester Square, W. ; Mr. William 

 E. Ryles, B.A., of 11, Waverley Mount, Nottingham; and 

 Mr. Albert Wade, of 1 , Latham Street, Preston, were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



Exhibitions, etc. 



Mr. Blandford exhibited insects of different orders collected 

 by Dr. Albert L. Bennett in West Africa, and read the 

 following : — 



Notes on the habits of Goliathus druryi. By Dr. Bennett. 



" While in the Bulu country behind the coast belt from 

 Gross Batangu, German sphere of influence, in West Africa, I 

 had ample opportunity on two occasions for observing some of 

 the habits of the Goliath beetles. These beautiful insects are 

 indigenous to the West Coast of Africa, and although some 

 years ago they were considered very rare, they are now 

 frequently obtained in the hinterland of the Kameriins and 

 Congo fran9ais. 



" In Bululand I was able to add to my collection several fine 

 specimens of Goliathus druryi, Goliathios j^olyphemus, and the 

 handsome green glittering Goliathus micans. The latter species 

 is said to be indigenous to Senegal, but it is frequently found 

 in the French Congo. 



" In November 1897, being then in the Bulu counti-y, T 



