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worlcing of worms might have carried down so small an article as the elytron of a beetle. 

 The fact, however, possesses a certain interest in connexion with that of the flint arrow- 

 heads in the drift, which is attracting so much attention at the present time. 



Dr. Allcliin exhibited a small flask, constructed of brass, for introducing small 

 quantities of chloroform into pill-boxes containing Lepidoptera, for the purpose of 

 killing them ; he and others had experienced much inconvenience in using chloroform 

 for this purpose when engaged in collecting, and the instrument exhibited was calcu- 

 lated to remove all difficulty, as by means of it a single drop could be introduced into 

 a pill-box without any risk of spilling or evaporation. 



Part 4 of the current volume of the ' Transactions,' recently published, was on the 

 table. 



Anniversary Meeting, January 23, 1860. 

 H. T. Stainton, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The Chairman read a letter from the President of the Society, Dr. Gray, stating 

 his absence was caused by indisposition. 



Messrs. J. W. Douglas, W. W. Saunders, F. Walker and J. O. Westwood were 

 elected Members of the Council, in the room of Messrs. J. S. Baly, F. P. Pascoe, 

 F. Smith and G. R. VVaterhouse. 



J. W. Douglas, Esq., was elected President; S.Stevens, Esq., Treasurer; and 

 Messrs. Edwin Shepherd and Edward W. Janson, Secretaries. 



The Chairman delivered an address on the present state and future prospects 

 of the Society and Entomology, for which the Meeting passed a cordial vote of 

 thanks. 



Mr. Saunders, one of the Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts, read an abstract 

 thereof, and congratulated the Meeting on the favourable state of the Society's 

 finances. 



The Report of the Library and Cabinet Committee, adopted by the Council as its 

 Report to the Society, was read and received. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Dr. J. E. Gray, the retiring President, for his 

 services to the Society during his period of office. 



A vote of thanks was also passed to the retiring Members of the Council. 



