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the ants had helped it to unfold its wings and guide its uncertain 

 steps? Both these books would have been of the greatest interest had 

 Mr. Selous stuck absolutely to fact in his own charming and forceful 

 way, and he might then have appealed to an educated public in 

 matters entomological. Similarly, Mr. Walwyn would have gained 

 the gratitude of all sorts and conditions of youngsters, had he written 

 the letterpress to illustrate his beautiful photographs, accurately, and 

 to the point, nor would he have earned the reproach of a little maid, 

 just sitting for the Cambridge Junior exam., and to whom, as she is 

 taking Botany, we gave the chapter on the germination of a bean to 

 read, who concluded that she would not like to reproduce that sort of 

 thing at the forthcoming examination. 



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Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — December 

 18th, 1905. — Annual address : This was given by Mr. Horace St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Vice-President, who first noted the 

 eighteen species of beetles that had been added to the British list 

 during 1905, and afterwards summarised the more noteworthy papers 

 that have appeared in current entomological literature during the year. 

 Later, in discussing the science of entomology, he exhorted members 

 to undertake original research, and to collect with some specitil object 

 in view. There were the theories of mimicry and protective resem- 

 blance, the courtship of insects, the uses of the scents they bear, 

 attractive and repellent, and other equally interesting problems await- 

 ing solution. In many cases he deprecated a protracted waiting for 

 further evidence before venturing to theorise, and insisted on the 

 faculty of imagination, rightly used, being as essential to a scientist as 

 to a literary man, as instanced in Darwin, and referred to the mass of 

 material already accumulated in the museums of the country. The 

 lecturer then passed to a consideration of our indigenous myrme- 

 cophilous coleoptera, a subject with which his name is inseparably 

 associated. On the motion of the Chairman, a cordial vote of thanks 

 was accorded Mr. Donisthorpe, whose paper it was resolved to print in 

 full in the Froceediru/a of the Society. Ofeicers for 1906. — President: 

 Samuel J. Capper, F.E.S. Vice-Presidents : Professor T. Hudson 

 Beare, B.Sc, F.E.S., F.E.S.E.; Richard Wilding; J. H. Bailey, 

 IVI.B. ; E. J. B. Sopp, F.R.Met.S., F.E.S. ; Professor E. B. 

 Poulton, M.A., D.Sc, F.E.S. ; and J. R. Charnley, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 Hon. Treasurer: J. Cotton, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.S.A. Hon. 

 Secretaries: H, R. Sweeting, M.A. ; W. Mansbridge, F.E.S.; and W. 

 Delamere Harrison. Hon. Kditor: J. R. le B. Tomhn, M.A., F.E.S. 

 Ho7i. Librarian: F. N. Pierce, F.E.S. Council: H. St. J. K. 

 Donisthorpe, F.Z.S, F.E.S.; A. Tippins ; W. A. Tyerman ; B. H. 

 Crabtree, F.E.S.; J. Kidson Taylor; J. F. Dutton ; W. Webster, 

 M.R.S.A.I.; F. R. Dixon-Nuttall, F.R.M.S.; Rev. T. B. Eddrup, 

 M.A.; C. E. Stott; R. Tait., Junr.; and P. Edwards, F.R.C.S., 

 L.R.C.P., L.S.A. The following were re-appointed Recorders — 

 Coleoptera : J. R. le B. Tomlin. Hymenoptera : Edward Saunders, 

 F.R.S.,F.L.S., F.E.S. Lepidoptera : F. N. Pierce. Diptera : C. R. 

 Billups, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., and E. E. Lowe, F.L.S. Neuroptera : 

 W. J. Lucas, B. A., F.E.S. Orthoptera : E. J. B. Sopp. Hemiptera : 



