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Papers. 



Mr. P. T. Lathy, F.Z.S., communicated " A Contribution 

 towards the knowledge of African Bhopalocera." 



Col. C. T. Bingham communicated a paper entitled " A New 

 Species of the Hymenopterous genus Megalyra, Westwoocl, by 

 J. Chester Bradley, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A." 



Wednesday, November 15th, 1905. 

 Mr. F. Merrifield, President, in the Chair. 



Obituary. 



The decease was announced of Captain Frederick Wol- 

 laston Hutton, F.B.S., Director of the Canterbury Museum, 

 Cliristchurch, New Zealand. 



Election of Felloivs. 



Mr. W. B. Dewar, Government Entomologist, Orange 

 Eiver Colony ; Mr. William George Sheldon, of Youl- 

 greave, South Croydon ; and Mr. Francis C. Woodbridge, of 

 Northcroft, Cornwall Boad, Uxbridge, were elected Fellows 

 of the Society. 



Nomination of Officers and Council for 1 906. 



M r. II. Bowland-Brown, one of the Secretaries, announced 

 that, the Council had nominated the following Fellows to 

 act as Officers for 1906 : — President, Mr. F. Merrifield ; 

 Treasurer, Mr. A. H. Jones; Secretaries, Mr. H. Bowland- 

 Brown, M.A., and Commander J. J. Walker, M.A., B.N. ; 

 Librarian, Mr. G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. ; and as other Members 

 of the Council, Mr. G. J. Arrow, Mi. A. J. Chitty, M.A., 

 Mr. J. E. Collin, Dr. F. A. Dixey, M.A., M.D., Mr. H. 

 Goss, F.L.S., Mr. W. J. Kaye, Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., 



