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In this I met with exactly the same success ; and which was 

 afterwards fully confirmed by several other trials." [The six 

 larvse with data, Nos. 1, 2, and i — 7, are evidently referred 

 to here.] " But as the time required for making a collection 

 of these, must have been taken from other affairs of more 

 importance, and as the possession of insects in the caterpillar 

 state only, would have been of little use to science, and 

 merely amusing curiosities, I collected very few objects of that 

 kind. This hint may, perhaps, be the more valuable, as many 

 difficulties have been found hitherto in the art of preserving 

 the larvie with their natural colours ; a desideratum which this 

 method will accomplish, if ten years be considered sufficient 

 for proving their permanency." 



Papers. 



Mr. G. H. Kenrick communicated a paper entitled " Natuial 

 Selection applied to a Concrete Case." 



Mr. J. C Kershaw communicated papers on " Enemies of 

 Butterflies in South China," and " A Life History of Gerydus 

 chioiensis." 



Mr. Nelson Annandale, B.A., Deputy Superintendent of 

 the Indian Museum, Calcutta, communicated a paper on 

 " The Eggs and Early Stages of a Coreid Bug, probably 

 Dcdadei' acuticosia, with a note on its Hymenopterous 

 Parasites." 



Wednesday, December 7th, 1904. 



Professor E. B. Poulton, M.A., D.Sc, F.ll.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Election of Fellows. 



Mr. Horace A. Byatt, B.A., of the Colonial Office, and 

 Mr. J. C. Winterscale, F.Z.S., of Karangan, Kedah, Penang, 

 Straits Settlements, were elected Fellows of the Society. 



Nomiiiation of Officers and Council. 



Mr. H. Rowland-Brown, one of the Secretaries, read the 

 list of Fellows recommended for Election as Officers, and to 



