IV 



Wednesday, March 1st, 1922. 



The Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild, F.R.S., etc., President, In 

 the Chair. 



Election of Fellows. 



The following were elected Fellows of the Society : — Mrs. 

 Margaret Rae, Courthill, Birkenhead ; Dr. A. F. Rosa, M.D., 

 28, Pitt St., Edinburgh; Mr. Frank Russell, F.G.S., Auldam 

 House, Worksop; and Captain Francis Moysey, Suffolk 

 Regiment, attached Soudanese Battalion (Egyptian Army), 

 Talodi, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. 



Wicken Fen Fund. 



The Treasurer made a statement on the Wicken Fen 

 Tund. He called attention to the valuable work that is being 

 'done on this nature reserve, and made an appeal for contri- 

 butions towards its maintenance. 



Bequest to the Society. 



The Treasurer announced that the late Mr. G. A. J. 

 HoTHNEY had bequeathed the sum of £150 to the Society. 



Obituary. 



'The President announced the death of Professor Geldart, 

 aad a Tote of condolence with his relatives was passed. 



Exhibits. 



An Imported Bee in Britain. — Dr. J. Waterston 

 exhibited an example of Melipona scutellaris Latr., taken on 

 a flower head on Black Cliffs, Brighton, in July 1921, by Mr. 

 Brazenor, and said that this bee, which in the present instance 

 could only be a casual immigrant, is a native of Brazil. 



Dr. Waterston also exhibited a portion of a reed stem of 

 yArundo phragmites in which a Lepidoj^terous larvae, Nonayria 

 dissohita, had been burrowing. This stem (fig. 1) presented a 

 curious tuberculate appearance caused by the emergence at 

 numerous points of the pupae of a Chalcid, Geniocerusflavimanus 

 Thoms. 



