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the Business Committee of which lie had heeu for five years 

 a most valued member. 



The Society now consists of eleven Honorary and two special 

 Life Fellows, together with five hundred and eighty-six ordinary 

 Fellows making a total of five hundred and ninety-nine. 



In consec(uence of the great shortage of labour in the print- 

 ing trade, as in all others, considerable delay has been expe- 

 rienced in the production of the Transactions. This fact 

 combined with the enormous increase in the price of paper 

 has made it necessary this year to produce Parts II, III and IV 

 together, both with a view to economy and also to make it 

 possible for the future to publish Parts I-IV as nearly as 

 may be within the year for which they are dated. The 

 volume for 1917 will consist of -105 pages illustrated by one 

 chromo-lithograph, six 3-colour plates, fifteen half-tones, one 

 line block and one sketch-map, twenty -four plates in all. 

 Sir George Kenrick bears the cost of the 3-colour plates. 

 The papers are thirteen in number by the following authors : — 

 Messrs. E. S. Bagnall, F.E.S. (in conjunction with Dr. 

 J. W. H. Harrison, D.Sc); G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.L.S., 

 F.E.S. ; G. E. Bodkin, F.Z.S., F.E.S. ; P. A. Buxton, B.A., 

 F.E.S., M.R.C.S. ; G. C. Champion, A.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Dr. T. A. 

 Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S. ; Dr. E. A. Cockayne, M.A., 

 M.D., F.E.S., etc.; Dr. H. Eltringham, M.A., D.Sc, F.E.S.; 

 Dr. J. W. H. Harrison, D.Sc. (in conjunction with Mr. R. S. 

 Bagnall) ; 0. E. Janson, F.E.S. ; Sir George H. Kenrick, 

 Bart., F.E.S. ; E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., F.E.S. ; Rowland 

 E. Turner, F.Z.S., F.E.S. ; and C. B. Williams, M.A., F.E.S. 

 Of these, eight refer to Lepidoptera, two each to Coleoptera 

 and Hymenoptera, and one to Diptera. The Proceedings will 

 consist of about one hundred pages illustrated by nine half- 

 tone plates and several text-figures ; the cost of two of the 

 plates is borne by the Rev. F. D. Morice. 



At a Special ]\Ieeting held on Jan. 7th, the Council drew 

 up and forwarded to the Prime Minister the following protest 

 against the proposal of the Government to commandeer the 

 Natural History Museum : — 



" This Society, founded for the advancement and practical 

 application of Entomological Science, knowing that this 



