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SPECIAL MEETING. 



Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



In accordance with Bye-Law 20 (Special Meetings) and 

 Bye-Law 21 (Aherations of Bye-laws), a special meeting of the 

 Society was held on the evening of November loth, immedi- 

 ately on the close of the ordinary meeting, to consider an 

 alteration of Bye-Law 4, Section 3 (Periods of Continuance 

 in Office). 



Bye-Law 4, Section 3, reads as follows : 



" All shall be elected annually, and shall be eligible for 

 re-election, with the exception that no member shall hold 

 the office of President for more than one year consecutively 

 and the two senior ordinary members of Council (seniority 

 being reckoned by length of continuous service as ordinar}^ 

 members thereof) shall not for twelve months be eligible for 

 election." 



The Council unanimously recommended that the words 

 '^ two years'" be substituted for the words ^' one year " and 

 that the rule read as follows : 



"... that no member shall hold the office of 

 President for more than two years consecutively, . . . " 



After considerable discussion, the proposal was put from 

 the Chair, and was carried by an overwhelming majority. 



NOVEMBER 24th, 1904. 



Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. W. Moore, of Farnaby Road, Shortlands, Kent, 

 was elected a member. 



Special exhibition of varieties. — Mr. F. G. Cannon ex- 

 hibited on behalf of Mr. P'rohawk, (i) a long series of Colias 

 ednsa (var. helice) bred in the autumn of 1900, from helice ova, 

 showing every gradation from typical white examples to 

 typical edusa ; he also showed varieties of both helice ^.nd ednsa, 

 the latter bred from ednsa eggs ; (2) a series of Colias hyale 

 showing gradation in extent of markings, and a fine pale 

 aberration with all the usually black markings replaced by 

 very pale opalescent colouring. 



Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main exhibited the following species 

 and forms of Lepidoptera, and contributed notes : 



(i) An example oi Argynnis aglaia, from North Cornwall, 

 with light, almost white patches on both wings on the left 



