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New Apartments. 



At the last Anniversary Meeting the Chairman dwelt upon the 

 inadequate size of our meeting-room, and, the pressure on our space 

 having continued, the Council have determined to remove us to 

 larger premises in a central situation, so that within six months from 

 this date I hope to take the chair in a meeting-room where we may 

 breathe freely ; and I trust that the expense to which the Society 

 will be put by the removal will be repaid by the addition of many 

 new Members. To advertise "crowded houses" maybe a successful 

 attraction for a theatre to use, but, for our more sober recreation, we 

 are about to try the announcement of "room to spare," and surely 

 with this inducement to attend our meetings, a central locality, an 

 excellent library, an improving collection of insects, and the free 

 distribution of our ' Transactions ' to every Member, we ought to add 

 largely to our numbers. I hope therefore that every one of us will 

 make known these advantages as widely as possible, and if each 

 individual would, as I think he might, induce but one new Member 

 to join us, the advantages to the Society and to Science would be 

 very great. 



British Museum Collections. 



Dr. Gray has kindly furnished me with the following particulars 

 respecting the collections in the British Museum : — 



" The total number of specimens of Annulosa added during the 

 year 1860 has been 15,101, of which 720 are British: 11,466 were 

 purchased and 3035 presented. The principal donors to whom we 

 are indebted for specimens of British insects are F. Bond, Esq., 

 Henry Cooke, Esq., R. M'Lachlan, Esq., B. Piffard, Esq., Dr.Knaggs, 

 Dr. Power, Roland Trimen, Esq." 



In the note conveying the above particulars Mr. F. Smith adds 

 the following remarks : — 



" The desirability of a complete collection of British insects being 

 accessible in the British Museum, I think will be obvious to all, and 

 I think it not unlikely that British entomologists will shortly unite 

 for the purpose of forming one. I have heard of such a scheme being 

 on foot amongst our principal Coleopterists, and I would call atten- 

 tion to this in order to stimulate Lepidopterists into a similar under- 

 taking. I hope by this time next year to have to report that 



