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in alphabetical order the whole of the nominations, original 

 and supplementary, for such Office or Position only. Carried. 

 [Change the numbers of the remaining Sections to 7, 8, 9, 10.] 

 5. The election shall be by Ballot at the Annual Meeting. 



Proposal : — 

 After " Election " insert " if any be necessary." Carried. 



Chap. XXI. Alteration of the Bye-Laws. 

 Proposal : — 

 Add, "2. In the event of any such alteration being made, a 

 copy of the altered Bye-law or Bye-laws shall be issued with 

 the last-published Part of the Transactions for the current 

 year." Carried. 



Ordinary Meeting. 

 Dr. C. J. Gahan, M.A., D.Sc, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Election of Fellow. 



Mr. Charles Hanslope Bocock, The Elms, Ashley, 

 Newmarket, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



New Member of Council. 



The Secretary announced that the Council had, in accord- 

 ance with the Bye-laws, co-opted Mr. H. Willoughby Ellis 

 as a member of Council, in the place of the late Mr. G. Meade- 

 Waldo. 



A new Observation Cage. — Mr. H. Main exhibited a 

 new observation cage for the study of earth-boring insects, 

 especially Geotrupes species. The cage contained larvae of 

 Geotrupes spiniger, nearly fully grown, resulting from ova 

 deposited last November. 



The Chairman inquired whether Mr. Main could throw any 

 light on the stridulation of the larvae. Mr. Main said he was 

 unable to do so, but that the ? imago certainly stridulated 

 to call the <$ to work at the burrow, and that if unsuccessful 





