XXV 



Wednesday, May 3rd, 1922. 



The Rt. Hon. Lord Eothschild, F.R.S., etc., President, in 

 the Chair. 



Obituary. 



The President announced the death of Mr. A. W. Bacot, 

 while engaged on typhus research in Egypt, and also of Mr. 

 Gilbert Storey, of the Department of Agriculture, Cairo, 

 Egypt, and a vote of condolence to their relatives was passed. 



Election of Felloivs. i 



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

 C. L. CoLLENETTE, c/o Mcssrs. Barker & Co., Singapore; and 

 Mr. Michael G. L. Perkins, 4, Dean's Yard, Westminster 

 Abbey, S.W. 1, and Trinity College, Cambridge. 



The Collect ioti of Portraits. 



The Treasurer called attention to additions to the col- 

 lection of portraits in the meeting room, and especially to a 

 beautiful pencil drawing from a photograph of the late Dr. 

 Longstaff. 



Exhibits. 



Butterflies from Rumania. — Mr. W. G. Sheldon 

 exhibited a series of Pararge roxelana from Herculesbad, and 

 of P. climene from Sarepta, and noted the segregation of the 

 sexes in these species in a state of nature. 



Comments on this exhibit were made by Comm. Walker 

 and by Miss Fountaine, who described some of her personal 

 experiences of capturing P. climene. 



The Life-history of Catochrysops phasma Butl., etc., — 

 Prof. PouLTON said that he had received a letter, dated March 

 14, 1922, from Dr. A. Connal referring to the note on p. 401 

 of Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1921. The following passage 

 shows that the failure to receive a reply was in no way due to 

 Dr. Connal, but must be attributed to the post : — 



