SOCIETIES. NS 
It is with very much pleasure that we congratulate our colleague, 
Dr. T. A. Chapman, on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. 
Entomologists for years have often expressed the desire to see the 
«¢ worthy doctor’’ so honoured, and, on the other hand, Kntomology is 
honoured by his election. 
We are pleased to hear that Mr. Stanley Edwards, who has for 
many years been hon. secretary of the South London Entomological 
Society, and who is now President, has been nominated for a seat on 
the Council of the Linnean Society. 
Our old friend Mr. G. B. Routledge, F.H.8., J.P., has been elected 
to the Presidency of the Carlisle Natural History Society after many 
years as Hon. Secretary. 
With reference to the concluding paragraph of the review of the 
Trans. Lond. Nat. Hist. Soc., on p. 78 ante., a correspondent writes : 
«« As a member of both the parent societies as well as of the fruit of 
their their union, perhaps I may say with authority that it would be 
rather more correct to say that, as the younger parent was the more 
_ alive and active at the time of the union, the new society should more 
correctly be considered as a continuation of the North London N.H. 
Soc. than of the City of Lond. Ent. and N.H. Soc., at any rate, I 
think you owe the junior a little apology in the next Record for over- 
looking its parentage and superior vitality.” Our correspondent points 
out that there is a reference to the senior parent on the back page of 
the cover. 
We have just heard that the wife and daughter of our valued 
correspondent Signor Orazio Querci have gone to Sicily to collect 
during the present season. They are now staying near Morreale, on 
_ the slopes of Mt. Cuccio, some miles to the south of Palermo. We 
wish them as much success as they had in their previous expeditions 
to Elba, to the mountains of central Italy, and in the Florentine hills. 
SOcIETIES. 
Tue EntomontocicaL Society oF Lonpon. 
Tae Annuat Menrinc.—The Annual Meeting took place on Wed- 
_ nesday, January 16th, 1918, Dr. C. J. Gahan, M.A., D.Sc., President, 
_ being in the Chair. 
Mr. W. G. Sheldon, one of the Auditors, read the Treasurer’s state- 
ment of Accounts, which was adopted on the motion of Mr. Stanley 
Edwards, seconded by Mr. Frisby. 
The Rev. G. Wheeler, one of the Secretaries, then read the Report 
of the Council, which was adopted on the motion of Mr. O. BH: Janson, 
- seconded by the Rey. F’. D. Morice. 
No other nominations in addition to those of the Council having 
i been received, the President declared the Officers and Members of the 
Council for the ensuing year.’ See vol. xxix., page 256. 
The President then delivered an Address, after which Mr. Simes 
proposed a Vote of Thanks to him which was seconded by Dr. Eltring- 
ae 
ham. The President in returning thanks spoke of the neglect of the 
Biological Sciences on the part of the Government. 
Mr. Collin then proposed a Vote of Thanks to the Officers which 
was seconded by Mr. Donisthorpe, both of whom made special allusion 
to the regret felt by the Society at the retirement of Mr. Jones from the 
