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tory ; Mr. Trimen, in a few well choson remarks!, proposed the toa,st (jf 

 " The Chairman." 



A young man who is not afraid of rough work is wanted to spend 

 two or three seasons collecting insects in the Hudson Bay Territories, 

 He must have had experience and be really a keen naturalist. Full par- 

 ticulars can be obtained on application to H. J. E., Colesboi'ne, Andovers- 

 ford, E.S.O. 



On January ISth, 1899, ^Ir. G. H. Verrall was elected President of 

 the Entomological Society of London, and has since appointed the Rev. 

 Canon Fowler, Mr. Edward Saunders, and Mr. Roland Trimen, vice- 

 presidents for the year. We presume from the appointment of the 

 eminent hymenopterist as one of the vice-presidents that he is likely to 

 return to take again a more active part in the affairs of the society. Since 

 his retirement from the position of Treasurer, in 1S90, he has practi- 

 cally attended none of the society's meetings, and must be almost a 

 stranger (except by name) to many of the younger Fellows who have 

 been elected during the present decade. As it is reported that there is 

 not a single reference to Hymenoptera in the Tramactions for the past 

 year, Mr. Saunders' return may be fairly expected to cause more atten- 

 tion to be devoted to this order in the immediate future. 



We understand that the City of London Entomological Society has 

 formed a special " Publication Fund " for the issue of its TramacUdm. 

 This is very praiseworthy, and means that a certain proportion of mem- 

 bers are willing to make a considerable sacrifice in order to support the 

 scientific aspirations of the society. There must be many wealthy 

 country entomologists to whom the subscription of 7s. 6d. a year 

 would be literally nothing, and who would not object to help a 

 society like this, either by joining or by purchasing a copy of the TraDx- 

 artionx. A complete set of Tramactiims from 1891 now makes a couple 

 of fairly large volumes ; but wealthy entomologists of the younger 

 school compare unfavourably (with some noteworthy exceptions) with 

 their predecessors, who supported science for its own sake, and backed 

 everything useful published in their own branch of science without 

 asking whether it was directed solely to that small section of entomology 

 that they themselves were studying. Mr. H. A. Sauze, 4, Mount Villas, 

 Sydenham Hill Road, S.E., would be pleased to hear from entomologists 

 who will support the society in its efforts to continue the publication of 

 its Tranfiaftions. 



Mr. Roland Trimen's presidential address to the Fellows of the 

 Entomological Society, was a splendid rcsnme of all that is known of 

 the phenomena and causes of " Seasonal Dimorphism in Lepidoptera." 

 The standard of the presidential addresses of the last few years has 

 been a high one, worthy at the same time of the traditions of the 

 society, and showing that our leaders have not only kept well abreast 

 of the rapid advance that the science has made during the last few 

 years, but are themselves in the van of that advance, pointing out new 

 facts and giving explanations of phenomena which have until now 

 eluded our very best sararii^. 



We are pleased to call the attention of our readers to A ( 'ompbtc 

 <\itali)f/i(t' of thf Battrrilirs of the Palarantlr Fauna, by H. C. Lang, 

 M.D. [Published by 0. E. Janson and Son, Great Russell Street, 

 W\C.] , to be completed in six parts of 82 pp. each : the price of each 

 part, Is. The Cataloi/ne is to contain the " time of appearance," 



