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  ) 
  

  

  W. 
  Peers, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Poole; 
  eleven 
  Fellows 
  have 
  

   resigned 
  ; 
  six 
  Fellows 
  have 
  been 
  struck 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  list 
  for 
  

   non-payment 
  of 
  their 
  subscriptions 
  ; 
  and 
  27 
  new 
  Fellows 
  

   have 
  been 
  elected. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  Fellows 
  elected 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  is 
  equal 
  to 
  

   the 
  number 
  elected 
  in 
  1890, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  that 
  

   year 
  and 
  1886 
  (in 
  which 
  latter 
  year 
  the 
  number 
  was 
  greatly 
  

   augmented 
  by 
  the 
  conversion 
  of 
  Subscribers 
  into 
  Fellows), 
  

   is 
  the 
  largest 
  on 
  record. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   deaths, 
  exclusions, 
  and 
  resignations 
  has 
  been 
  unusually 
  large, 
  

   and 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  Fellows 
  elected, 
  the 
  

   Society's 
  list 
  has 
  only 
  increased 
  by 
  four 
  since 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  

   last 
  Annual 
  Meeting 
  ! 
  The 
  yearly 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   Fellows 
  being 
  so 
  small, 
  the 
  Council 
  is 
  still 
  obliged 
  to 
  refuse 
  

   or 
  postpone 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  valuable 
  papers 
  and 
  plates 
  for 
  

   want 
  of 
  funds, 
  and 
  therefore 
  it 
  feels 
  again 
  bound 
  to 
  urge 
  the 
  

   Fellows 
  to 
  do 
  their 
  utmost 
  to 
  induce 
  their 
  friends 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  

   Society 
  and 
  thus 
  increase 
  its 
  revenue. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  the 
  Society 
  consists 
  of 
  an 
  Hon. 
  Life- 
  

   President, 
  10 
  Honorary 
  Fellows, 
  48 
  Life 
  Fellows, 
  and 
  281 
  

   paying 
  the 
  Annual 
  Subscription, 
  making 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  

   Fellows 
  now 
  on 
  the 
  Society's 
  List 
  339. 
  

  

  The 
  Transactions 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1891 
  form 
  a 
  volume 
  of 
  524 
  

   pages, 
  containing 
  24 
  memoirs 
  contributed 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  

   19 
  authors, 
  viz., 
  Mr. 
  George 
  T. 
  Bethune 
  Baker, 
  F.L.S. 
  

   (2 
  papers) 
  ; 
  the 
  Eev. 
  Thomas 
  A. 
  Marshall, 
  M.A. 
  ; 
  the 
  

   Eight 
  Honble. 
  Lord 
  Walsingham, 
  LL.D,, 
  F.E.S. 
  ; 
  Colonel 
  

   Charles 
  Swinhoe, 
  F.L.S. 
  (2 
  papers) 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Frederic 
  Merri- 
  

   field 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Eoland 
  Trimen, 
  F.E.S. 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Hamilton 
  H. 
  Druce; 
  

   Mr. 
  Henry 
  W. 
  Bates, 
  F.E.S. 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  WilHam 
  F. 
  Kirby, 
  F.L.S. 
  

   (2 
  papers) 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Sharp, 
  F.E.S. 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  Enock; 
  

   Mr. 
  Charles 
  J. 
  Gahan, 
  M.A. 
  (3 
  papers) 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  George 
  C. 
  

   Champion, 
  F.Z.S. 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Philip 
  Crowley, 
  F.L.S. 
  ; 
  Professor 
  

   J. 
  0. 
  Westwood, 
  M.A. 
  ; 
  Mons. 
  Serge 
  Alpheraky 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Gervase 
  

   F. 
  Mathew, 
  E.N., 
  F.L.S. 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Eobert 
  McLachlan, 
  F.E.S.; 
  

   and 
  Mr. 
  William 
  L. 
  Distant. 
  Only 
  three 
  of 
  these 
  papers, 
  

   viz., 
  those 
  by 
  the 
  Eev. 
  T. 
  A. 
  Marshall 
  , 
  Mr. 
  Merrifield, 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  Enock, 
  were 
  devoted 
  to 
  British 
  insects. 
  

  

  Of 
  these 
  24 
  papers 
  12 
  relate 
  to 
  Lepidoptera 
  (or 
  to 
  enquiries 
  

  

  