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  attention 
  to 
  it 
  in 
  1886 
  ; 
  and 
  lie 
  thought 
  it 
  extremely 
  im- 
  

   probable 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  specially 
  disturbed 
  the 
  larvae 
  which 
  spun 
  

   the 
  light 
  cocoons. 
  In 
  his 
  (Mr. 
  Poulton's) 
  experiments 
  this 
  

   was 
  certainly 
  not 
  the 
  case, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  not 
  even 
  

   removed 
  from 
  the 
  cage, 
  but 
  spun 
  upon 
  a 
  white 
  plate 
  beneath 
  

   the 
  food-plant. 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Dixey 
  has 
  obtained 
  the 
  same 
  results, 
  

   and 
  he 
  maintains 
  that 
  his 
  larvae 
  were 
  removed 
  to 
  white 
  paper 
  

   with 
  a 
  minimum 
  of 
  disturbance. 
  Mr. 
  Poulton 
  stated 
  that 
  

   neither 
  he 
  nor 
  Dr. 
  Dixey 
  experienced 
  tbe 
  difficulty 
  in 
  obtaining 
  

   large 
  numbers 
  of 
  dark 
  cocoons 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  have 
  beset 
  Mr. 
  Bateson 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  season. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  Mr. 
  Poulton 
  said 
  he 
  trusted 
  that 
  before 
  

   this 
  time 
  next 
  year 
  he 
  would 
  either 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  admit 
  that 
  

   he 
  had 
  been 
  altogether 
  mistaken, 
  or 
  bring 
  before 
  them 
  — 
  

   as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  work 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  others 
  — 
  such 
  

   evidence 
  as 
  would 
  form 
  a 
  secure 
  foundation 
  for 
  the 
  con- 
  

   clusions 
  at 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  previously 
  arrived. 
  

  

  ANNUAL 
  MEETING-. 
  

  

  January 
  27th,* 
  1892. 
  

  

  Frederick 
  Du 
  Cane 
  Godman, 
  Esq., 
  F.E.S., 
  President, 
  in 
  

   the 
  chair. 
  

  

  An 
  Abstract 
  of 
  the 
  Treasurer's 
  Accounts 
  was 
  read 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  G-. 
  Barrett, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Auditors. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  Goss, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Secretaries, 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Council. 
  

  

  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  Bye 
  -Laws, 
  the 
  Council 
  begs 
  leave 
  

   to 
  present 
  the 
  following 
  Eeport 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  1891 
  six 
  Fellows 
  have 
  died, 
  viz., 
  Mons. 
  

   Edmond 
  Andre, 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Devonshire, 
  K.G., 
  F.E.S., 
  

   Mr. 
  Ferdinand 
  Grut, 
  F.L.S., 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  Jansou, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  

  

  * 
  Adjourned 
  from 
  the 
  20th 
  January, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  

   H.E.H. 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Clarence 
  and 
  Avondale. 
  

  

  PROC. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND., 
  V., 
  1891. 
  G 
  

  

  