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plates, of which tliree are coloured. Towards the cost of 

 Plate XI Mr. F. C. Adams contributed the sum of £10, and 

 the Hon. N. C. Rothschild £3 towards the cost of Plate XVI. 



The volume of Proceedings consists of eighty-two pages 

 in all, containing among other notices several short papers of 

 considerable entomological interest, two of which are illus- 

 trated by three half-tone plates presented by the author, Dr. 

 T. A. Chapman. 



Thanks to the continued generosity of Mr. F. Merrifield, we 

 were once again able to send an entomologist to Switzerland 

 during the summer under our " Travel Grraut." 



During the past year thirty-eight volumes, in addition to a 

 large number of Separata, and the usual Periodical Publica- 

 tions, have been added to the Library, the value of which to 

 Fellows is adequately demonstrated by the fact that while 

 generally well patronised for purposes of reference, two 

 hundred and ninety-eight volumes have been issued for home 

 reading as against two hundred and seventy-eight in 1908. 



The Treasurer reports that after carrying forward to 1910 

 £16 16s. for subscriptions paid in advance in 1909, and 

 investing £47 5s. for three Life Compositions received in 

 1908 and 1909, making the total so invested £949 13s., there 

 remains a genuine cash balance in the Society's favour of 

 £28 8s. lOd. This balance is all the more satisfactory when it 

 is remembered that during the financial year the Society has 

 paid off the outstanding liabilities for Parts III, IV, and V 

 of 1908, as well as of Parts I, II, III of current Transactions; 

 a result due to the administration of the newly-established 

 Business and Publication Committee. The sale of the Society's 

 Transactions to the outside public also shows a material increase. 

 Encouraged by these signs of interest, and by the success of 

 the Conversazione held in May 1908, the Council proposes to 

 hold a second meeting of the kind in Burlington House on 

 May 27 next, and appeals to all Fellows to make it a success 

 by attending with their friends, and assisting with exhibitions 

 of entomological value. 



Entomological Society of London, 



11, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W. 

 I9th January, 1910. 



