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[April, 1912. 



The Second Congress will therefore be 

 held at Oxford on August 5th to 10th, 

 1912, under the Presidency of Professor 

 E. B. Poulton, D.Sc, P.R.S- 



A Reception Committee has been 

 formed consisting of : — 



Dr. F. A. Dixlby, F.R.S. (Chairman). 

 Professsor G. C. Bourne, F.R.S. (Pro- 

 fessor of Zoology). 



Professor H. L. Bowman, D.Sc, (Secret- 

 ary to the Delegates of the Univesity 

 Museum). 



Professor E. B. Poulton, D.Sc, F.R.S. 

 (President of the Second Congress;. 



Geoffrey W. Smith, M.A. (Fellow of 

 New College). 



Commander J. J. Walker, M.A. (Secret- 

 ary of the Entomological Society of 

 London). 



H. Eltringham, M.A. (Cant.), (Oxon.), 

 Secretary, * 



G. H. Gbosvenor, M.A., Secretary. 



It is hoped that the Reception Com- 

 mittee will be able to arrange for Mem- 

 bers of the Congress to have rooms in 

 the Colleges at a moderate price, but 

 this privilege will be available for gentle- 

 men only. 



A list of hotels and lodgings recom- 

 mended, with tariffs, will be issued later. 



In order to facilitate the arrangements, 

 it is requested that ladies and gentlemen 

 who propose to join and attend the 

 Congress send in their names as early 

 as possible to the General Secretary of 

 the Executive Committee, who will be 

 happy to give any further information. 



Ordinary Members who pay £1 (25 

 francs) will receive all publications of 

 the Congress. Ladies and children ac- 

 companying Members will, on payment 

 of 10s. (frs. 12*50), each, have all privi- 

 leges of Members except that of receiving 

 the publications. 



Life members who pay a composition 

 of at least £10 (frs. 250), will receive free 

 all future publications of the Congress. 



The funds received in respect of Life 

 Compositions will be invested, and only 

 the interest will be at the disposal of 

 the Executive Committee. Sir Daniel 

 Morris, D.Sc, and the Hon. N. Charles 

 Rothschild, M.A. , F.E.S., have kindly 

 consented to act as Trustees of the 

 funds. 



Members who propose joining the Con- 

 gress, or presenting papers are requested 

 to fill in the accompanying forms and 

 send them in with their subscription 

 (except of course in the case of Life 

 Members who have originally paid) to 

 the General Secretary of the Executive 

 Committee, Malcolm Burr, D.Sc, c/o 

 Entomological Society of London, 11, 

 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, Lon- 

 don, W. 



The Programme of the Second Con- 

 gress of Entomology will be sent out 

 early in the spring, and, we believe, will 

 be found so attractive, that we shall 

 have the pleasure of welcoming to Ox- 

 ford a large gathering of Entomologists 

 and friends of Entomology. 



On behalf of the Committee, 

 E. B. POULTON, President, 

 MALCOLM BURR. Generat 

 Secretary. 



LIVE STOCK, 



CATTLE BREEDING IN INDIA. 



(From the Indian Agriculturist, Vol, 

 XXXVII., No. 2, February 1, 1912.) 

 A Brahmin, engaged in prayer and the 

 performance of Pooja, was vexed by the 

 gambols of a cat, and decreed that the 

 irreverent feline should thereafter at 

 prayer time be deprived of its liberty 



and chained to a pole. By-and-bye, the 

 object of the imprisonment was lost 

 sight of, but at prayer time the cat 

 continued to suffer temporary loss of 

 liberty. The real Pooja came to be dis- 

 carded, but the imprisonment of the cat 

 endured as a religious ceremony. This 

 is not the only Indian instance in which 

 sense has been supplanted by super- 



