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Dr. Jordan in particular for his interesting and satisfactory 
account of it. 
Papers. 
The following papers were read :— 
“On the classification of British Crabronidae (Hymenoptera),’ 
by R. C. L. Perkins, D.Sc., M.A., F.L.S. 
‘* Descriptions of new species of the Syrphid genus Callicera 
(Diptera),” by the late G. H. Verraty, F.E.S. Edited by 
je oConmn, H.S. 
‘““Neue Pyrgotinen aus dem British Museum in London,” 
Von FrieDRICH HENDEL, Wien. 
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Wednesday, May 7th, 1913. 
Mr. G. T. Beraune-Baxer, F.LS., F.Z.S., President, in 
the Chair. 
Election of a Fellow. 
Mr. CHartes C. Best-GarpNeR, of Rookwood, Neath, 
Glamorgan, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 
Obituary. 
The PRESIDENT announced the death of Mr. HERBERT 
Druce, F.L.S., who was elected a Fellow of the Society in 
1867, and was well known for his work on the Lepidoptera of 
Messrs. Godman and Salvin’s “ Biologia Centrali-Americana ” 
and other important contributions to our knowledge of Exotic 
Lepidoptera. 
Inbrary. 
Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted 
to the Donors. 
Letters. 
The Secrerary read a letter from Lord Walsingham, one 
of the delegates of the Society to the Ninth International 
Congress of Zoology at Monaco. 
A letter was also read from the President of the Entomo- 
logical Society of Ontario, extending a very cordial invitation 
