October 9fch. — " On the British Short-horned Grasshoppers," by- 

 Mr. W. J. Lucas, with lantern slides. 



October 23rd. — " On Mimicry in the North American Nympha- 

 linje," by Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.K.S., with lantern slides. 



November 13th. — "On Species which overlap Geographically," 

 by Prof. W. Bateson, F.R.S., with lantern slides and other exhibits. 



December 11th. — " The IthomiintB," by Mr. W. J. Kaye. 



January 8th. — " The Brunig Road, Switzerland," by Mr. H. 

 Main, with lantern slides. 



The Honorary Curator, Mr. W. "West (Greenwich), reports that 

 the following donations have been made to the Society's collections 

 during the past year : — 



British Tortrices, from Mr. R. Adkin. 



A pair of Phrijxtis livornica, from Mr. B. H. Smith. 



A short series of Erebia zapateri, from Mr. H. E. Page. 



Orthopia ocellaris, from Mr. H. Worsley Wood. 



Black varieties of Acidalia vinialaria, from Mr. R. T. Baumann. 



Coleoptera from Messrs. Ashby, Ashdown and W. West. 



A box of Diptera, from Mr. S. Edwards. 



The Council is pleased to be able to say that, with the kind 

 help of several friends, they have at last been able to obtain a 

 suitable additional bookcase. This will relieve the somewhat 

 congested state of the Library, and enable the Librarian to put 

 the books in a more systematic order than has hitherto been 

 possible, as well as affording room for additions. 



A very handsome donation to the Society's reference collections 

 has been made by one of our oldest members, Mr. W. G. Dawson, 

 of Abbot's Morton, nr. Worcester, consisting of a fine collection 

 of British Macro- and Micro-Lepidoptera, which has already for 

 the most part been amalgamated with the series in the cabinets. 

 As a result there are now very few species unrepresented by a 

 series of forms illustrating their extent of variation. The Society 

 wish to record here their great appreciation of Mr. Dawson's 

 fine gift. 



The Honorary Librarian reports that considerable use still 

 continues to be made of the Library on meeting nights. 



There have been six Field Meetings held during the year : — 



May 31st. — Netley Heath, conducted by Mr. W. J. Kaye. 



June 21st. — Mickleham, conducted by Messrs. Carpenter and 

 Step. 



July 5th. — Westerham, conducted by Mr. R. Adkin. 



July 19th. — Visit to the Innes Horticultural Institution, Merton, 



