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" On the Factors which determine the Cocoon Colour in 

 Plusia moneta and other Lepidoptera," by Mrs. Onera H. 

 Merrett Hawkes, B.Sc. (Lond.), M.Sc. (Birm.) (communi- 

 cated by Dr. A. D. Imms, F.E.S.). 



The latter paper gave rise to a long discussion in which 

 many Fellows took part, giving their experience as to the 

 effect of damp on the colour of cocoons, and it was agreed 

 that further experiments on the subject are very desirable. 



Wednesday, December 6th, 1916. 



Commander J. J. Walker, M.A., E.N., F.L.S., Vice- 

 President, in the Chair. 



Election of Special Life Felloivs. 



Prof. L. C. Miall, F.E.S., Norton Way N., Letchworth, 

 and Col. J. W. Yerbury, F.Z.S., 2 Ryder Street, St. James's, 

 S.W., were elected the first Special Life Fellows of the Society. 



Appointment of Auditors. 



The Chairman announced that on behalf of the President 

 he had appointed the following Fellows as Auditors of this 

 year's accounts. 



On the Council : Messrs. A. W. Bacot, H. Willoughby 

 Ellis, and J. C. F. Fryer. 



Not on the Council : Messrs. R. Adkin, R. W. Lloyd, and 

 Rev. F. D. Morice. 



Exhibitions. 



Scarce and Local Insects. — Mr. J. C. F. Fryer exhibited, 

 (1) on behalf of Mr. H. F. Fryer, specimens of the beetles 

 Anthicus bifasciatus and the bug Lygus rubicundus, two species 

 which have only been recorded in Britain from a restricted area 

 in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. (2) Specimen apples 

 illustrating the serious injury caused by the bugs Plesiocoris 

 rugicollis and Orthotylus marginalis, which appear to have 

 adopted apple as a food-plant only within comparatively recent 

 years. 





