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his high appreciation of the honour they had done him in 

 electing him to the Chair for the current year, and to explain 

 to them his absence as due to his having undertaken an 

 expedition to Southern Brazil for the spring months, in search 

 of Lepidoptera and evidences for or against the theories of 

 mimetic resemblance. 



The President then read his Annual Address (see p. 50). 



Votes of thanks were passed to the President, Treasurer, 

 Officers and Council, and to the Auditors, for their work 

 during the year. 



Ordinary Meeting. 



Mr. D. R. Morford, of Upper Kennington Lane, was 

 elected a member. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited long series of Hyhernia aurantiaria, 

 males ; H. defoliaria, males, and H. pennaria, males and 

 females, taken in the New Forest, November lyth-igth, 

 igog. In spite of clear, frosty nights, these insects were 

 abundant after dusk, and were to be found, freshly emerged 

 and drying their wings, on the grass and dead bracken 

 stalks. 



Mr. Colthrup exhibited the same species, taken at the 

 same time and place ; also a few Oporabia dihiiaria of four 

 different types. In addition he showed a specimen of Gone- 

 pteryx rhmnni found at the same time and place, hibernating 

 among the leaves of holly. The specimen was discovered 

 at night by the lantern, and left till the next day, when Mr. 

 Tonge photographed it. A print of the insect in sitil was 

 shown by Mr. Tonge. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited a fossil crinoid found at Welling, 

 in Kent, in a piece of flint. The species belonged to the 

 genus Isocrinns, and although crinoids are common in the 

 chalk, they are rare in flint belonging to the Triassic 

 Period. 



Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited a short series of Lejiwnias 

 (Melitcea) taylori, from Victoria, Vancouver Island, sent to him 

 by one of our members, Mr. A. J. Croker. This species belongs 

 to a genus which is about equally represented in both the 

 Nearctic and Palasarctic regions. In the former there 

 are about twenty-eight species recognised, while the latter 

 has some thirty-one representatives. The American section 

 of the genus, comprising some strikingly beautiful species, is 

 sometimes separated under the generic name Lcvionias. The 



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