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member of the Society. The Annual Reports of the Council, the 

 Treasurer, and the Librarian were presented, and were duly received. 

 The following were elected as Officers and Council for the ensuing 

 year: as President, Mr. G. H. Kenrick ; Vice-President, Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker ; Treasurer, Mr. R. C. Bradley ; Librarian, Mr. A. 

 H. Martineau ; Honorary Secretary, Colbran J. Wainwright, 147, Hall 

 Road, Handsworth, Birmingham ; remaining members of Council, 

 Messrs. P. W. Abbott, W. Harrison, E. C. Rossiter, and G. W. Wynn. 

 Exhibits : — By Mr. J. T. Fountain, a beautiful specimen of Arctia caia, 

 all the red being replaced by cream colour, and the white of fore wings 

 much extended ; also one with the dark colour much extended. By 

 Mr. P. W. Abbott, a row of Mamestra furva from Bay of Nigg, N.B. 

 By Mr. W. Harrison, some nice Catocala sponsa from the New Forest. 

 By Mr. R. C. Bradley, three species of Loxocera, a series of aristata, 

 Panz., a pair of albiseta, Schrank,, and a pair of sylvatica, Meig., all 

 from Sutton, L. sylvatica being quite new to the British list. 



February 11th. — Mr. A. H. Martineau in the chair. Mr. Kenrick 

 having again expressed his inability to accept the presidency, Mr. G. 

 T. Bethune-Baker was re-elected President, and Mr. P. W. Abbott, 

 Vice-President. Exhibits : — By Mr. R. C. Bradley, a specimen of the 

 rare Xanthoyramma citrofasciata from near Droitwich. By Mr. J. T. 

 Fountain, nice variable series of Bovibyx qiiercus, Odonestis jiotatoria, 

 and Abraxas yrossulariata ; the j^otatoria were from Droitwich, and the 

 males showed a tendency to paleness, one approaching the females 

 closely in colour ; one yrossulariata had almost lost the black markings 

 on the hind edge of the hind wings ; it was one of a brood reared on 

 Pyrus japoiiica, all of which were pale ; others he reared on hazel came 

 out dark. By Mr. W. Bowater, Sesia scoliiforynis from Killarney ; also 

 a pupa-case of Zeiizera mculi found in a sallow in his garden at 

 Edgbaston. By Mr. Wainwright, a number of rare Diptera, Cheilosias 

 &c. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Hayidbuch der paldarktischen Gross- ScJiynetterlinye fur Forscher und 

 Sammler. Von Dr. M. Standfuss. Jena: Gustav Fischer. 1896. 



The author of this important work has had two distinct purposes 

 in view : the first being to provide a full practical guide for the collector 

 of butterflies and the larger moths ; the second to infuse some scientific 

 spirit and interest into the work of collecting, by showing from his 

 own observations and experiments how much light may be thrown, 

 by a practical entomologist working on good lines, upon some of 

 the most doubtful and difficult problems of biology. There can be no 

 doubt that Dr. Standfuss has amply succeeded in demonstrating the 

 importance of entomological evidence in the vexed questions con- 

 cerning heredity, the origin of variations, and the general laws of 

 species-formation that have been for long, and are still, so keenly 

 debated ; and if his numerous carefully-planned and elaborately 

 carried out experiments should fire other entomologists with the 

 desire of emulating his achievements, the book will have performed a 



