ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, 



JANUARY 1st, 1885. 



R. SOUTH, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited specimens of Hebrus mficeps, 

 Linn., taken for the first time in England in the developed 

 form. Locality : Loughton, Essex. 



FEBRUARY yh, 1885. 

 R. SOUTH, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The President read a paper entitled " Some Observations 

 on the Protective Coloration of Lepidoptera." Printed in full 

 at page 36. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited two female specimens of 

 Ranatra linearis, Linn., taken at Loughton on 6th January, 

 1885. This Hemipteron, usually associated with stagnant 

 pools, was taken at least a mile from any water. 



MARCH $tA, 1885. 



R. South, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. T, Dobson read a paper, the subject being : " Do 

 the Lower Forms of Animal Life feel Pain?" The author 

 commenced by expounding what was meant by the lower forms 

 of animal life, briefly referred to the division of the animal 

 kingdom by Cuvier, and at some length described experiments 

 which he and others had made ; all tending, in his opinion, to 

 show that the lower animals did not feel pain. The paper 

 was illustrated by diagrams of the anatomy of the invertebrata. 



APRIL 16th, 1885. 



R. ADKIN, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited PezomacJins immaturns, 

 Foist, and P. vulnereiis, Forst, both species being new to 



