REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 1898. 



THE Council of the South London Entomological and 

 Natural History Society, in presenting the Twenty- 

 Sixth Annual Report, is gratified to inform the Members of 

 the continued success which attends the work of the Society. 



During the year 15 Members have been admitted into the 

 Society, a larger number than in any one year since 1891 ; 

 but against this satisfactory increase 6 resignations have 

 to be placed, and we have lost one Member by death, and 

 10 have been written off for non-payment of subscriptions, 

 leaving the present membership at 167, consisting of 4 

 honorary, 5 life, 158 ordinary. The finances of the Society 

 continue to maintain a satisfactory position. 



The following gentlemen contributed papers or gave 

 lantern demonstrations during the year : — Mr. Lucas, 

 three; Mr. Tutt, two; Mr. R. Adkin, one; Mr. A. H. 

 Jones, one; Mr. E. Saunders, one; Mr. South, one; 

 Mr. F. Clark, one ; Rev. J. W. Horsley, one ; and 

 Prof. A. Radcliffe-Grote, one. The Council notices with 

 pleasure that no less than six of these were devoted to orders 

 other than Lepidoptera. 



An exhibition of varieties held at the Meeting on Novem- 

 ber loth proved highly successful. The opportunity thus 

 offered for the comparison of well-marked local forms was 

 taken advantage of by several Members with most interest- 

 ing results. An exhibition, by means of the Society's 

 lantern, of a series of slides illustrative of the Geology of 

 the South-east of England, with explanatory notes, provided 

 by the South-east Union of Scientific Societies, was also 

 very interesting 



The Ordinary Meetings have been well attended with the 

 exception of those held in the summer months, when on one 

 occasion the number of Members present fell as low as 



