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bears half the entire cost of six chromos and sixty-one 

 half-tone plates. The cost of the remaining plates is borne 

 by the Society, but the drawings have in all cases been given 

 by the Authors, except that the drawings for one three-colour 

 plate and six line-blocks were given by Mr. F. D. Godman. 

 The Society has also replaced 600 copies of one of Mons. 

 Avinofi's collotypes, which were lost in transit from Petrograd. 



The Proceedings occupy 133 pages, and are illustrated by 

 one line-block plate. They contain in addition to the usual 

 record of exhibits, and the welcome accounts of the observa- 

 tions and discoveries of our Fellows in Africa and elsewhere, 

 three important papers, two of which, viz. those by the late 

 Col. Neville Makders, D.D.M.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., and Mr. 

 C. F. M. Swynnerton, F.L.S., F.E.S., relate to Protective 

 Eesemblance, and the third, by Rev. J. F. Perry, gives a life- 

 history of the Aleurodes parasitic on the beetle, Scymnus 

 arcuatus. 



Under the advice of a Sub-committee appointed by the 

 Business Committee, considerable changes have been made 

 in the matter printed on the cover of the Transactions, 

 including a facsimile of the seal designed for the Society 

 by Prof. Image. 



A Sub-committee was also appointed by the Council to sug- 

 gest alterations and additions to the Bye-laws (which must in 

 any case be reprinted, the stock being exhausted) ; the Council 

 has debated on their report and the suggested alterations will 

 shortly be submitted to the Society. 



The attendance at the meetings has been well maintained in 

 spite of the number of our Fellows absent with the colours, and 

 khaki has been no uncommon sight here during the past year. 



Several members of the Entomological Societies of allied 

 Nations have taken advantage of our Society's ofTer of the 

 use of its Library, and there has scarcely been a meeting of 

 the Society this year at which one or more of them has not 

 been present. 



The Treasurer reports as follows : — 



" The balance sheet compares very favourably with that of 

 last year; in fact, in some respects shows an improvement. 



