REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1910. 



'"T^HE Council of the South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society, in presenting the Thirty- 

 ninth Annual Report, is pleased to state that the 

 affairs of the Society continue in a satisfactory condition. 



During the year just passed fourteen new Members have 

 been elected, and seventeen names have been deleted from 

 the list. Of these, three have been removed by death, 

 Messrs. H. A. McArthur, G. W. Kirkaldy, and J. W. 

 Tutt ; and fourteen have resigned or been taken off the list 

 for non-payment of subscription. 



The Membership, therefore, stands as follows: 2 Honorary, 

 2 Life, 6 Country, and 154 Ordinary Members, making a 

 total of 164. 



The Balance Sheet, duly audited, is printed on page x, and 

 shows that the Society's finances are not in an unsatis- 

 factory condition, although there is a small debit balance on 

 the General Account. 



The Meetings have been well attended throughout the 

 year, and the Recorder, Mr. A. W. Dennis, reports that 

 there has been an average attendance of over thirty-three 

 at each of the twenty-three meetings. 



During the early months of the year the President-elect, 

 Mr. W. J. Kaye, was unable to take the chair owing to his 

 absence on an entomological tour in South America. Mr. 

 Sich, the retiring president, kindly offered to continue his 

 duties and preside at the meetings until Mr. Kaye's return. 



On the suggestion of the President it was resolved to hold 

 a special exhibition and discussion of the various forms of 

 Polyonnnatns icarus. This took place on July 14th, and was 

 a pronounced success, the announcement attracting what 

 was probably " the finest collection of P. icarus ever brought 

 together." At the Annual Special Exhibition of Varieties 

 in November, upwards of a hundred members and their 



