REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1913. 



THE Council of the South London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society, in presenting the forty-second Annual 

 Report, is pleased to state that the Society continues in a 

 satisfactory condition. During the year just passed 12 new 

 ordinary members have been elected ; but, on the other side of the 

 account, six have resigned, and 8 have been taken from the roll for 

 non-payment of subscriptions. No deaths amongst the ordinary 

 members have occurred ; but one of our original honorary members 

 has passed away, viz., Lord Avebury, F.R.S., etc., who joined the 

 Society in 1872. 



The Membership, therefore, stands as follows, 3 Honorary, 8 Life, 

 26 Country, and 142 Ordinary Members, making a total of 179. 



The Balance Sheet, duly audited, is printed on pages xvi., xvii. 



The Meetings have been well attended, and the Recorder, Mr. 

 A. W. Dennis, reports that there has been an average attendance of 

 over 39 at each of the 23 meetings. At the meeting on April 21th, 

 there was a special Exhibition of Orders other than Lepidoptera ; 

 this, a new experiment, was, both from the number present, and 

 the very interesting objects exhibited, a great success, and will be 

 repeated again next year. 



At the Annual Special Exhibition of Varieties held in November^ 

 99 members and friends attended ; and although the numbers were 

 not so numerous as on the two previous occasions, yet the exhibits, 

 which were as usual, chiefly Lepidoptera, showed a high standard 

 of excellence from a varietal point of view. 



The Society is indebted to Mr. F. Noad Clark for again taking 

 charge of the lantern on each of the six occasions when it was used. 



The following is a list of the "Papers" read before the Society. 



March 18th. — "Tinea pallescentella — Some Notes on its History 

 and its Life-history," by R. Adkin. 



April 10th.— " In the Balkans with a Camera," by Mr. A. E. 

 GiBBs, with lantern slides. 



May 8th. — " Spring in the South Tyrol," by Messrs. E. and A. 



SiCH. 



May 22nd. — " One of our Common Butterflies, Epinepliele 

 jurtina," by Mr. H. J. Turnter. 



