PREFACE. 



With the inauguration of the present Session it is a matter 

 of congratulation to be able to state that the affairs of the 

 Club would appear to have swung back to normal pre-war 

 conditions. Indeed, one notes with pleasure that the pen- 

 dulum appears to have swung rather beyond the normal, 

 for the total number of attendances has attained the 

 satisfactory total of 4<66. 



This total has only once before been exceeded, viz. during 

 the 1911-12 Session, when we note that there were 468 

 attendances. ^ 



A large number of new forms have been described, chiefly 

 from the Ethiopian and Oriental regions. 



We regret to record the death of Colonel R. G. Wardlaw- 

 Ramsay, President of the Union from 1913 to 1918, and of 

 Mr. H. M. Upclier, who was aix original member of the 

 Club from its foundation in 1882. 



At the November meeting Mr. Bonhote gave a very 

 clear and able exposition of his views on the subject of 

 Protection ; while at the June meeting the Club had the 



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