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Rev. C. R. N. Burrows, Mr. A. Harrison, Mr. H. A. Sauze, and Mr. A. 
Sich. 
Exhibits.—Tapinostola fulva. —Mr. W. J. Kaye, some fine and 
varied Tapinostola fulva from Richmond Park, taken in the middle of 
September. The species had been very plentiful this year (1901). 
Larvae of TRiPHiENA interjecta. —Mr. Kaye, larvae of Triphaena 
interjecta that were feeding up slowly on Canterbury Bell. 
Synopsia abruptaria. — -Mr. C. P. Pickett, Synopsia abruptaria bred 
on December 3rd. The specimens were considerably undersized. 
Hepialus sylvinus. —Mr. T. H. Hamling, Tlepialus sylvinus of 
exceptionally large size from Hampstead. 
Dianthcecia capsincola bred. —Mr. J. Riches, Dianthoecia capsincola 
bred in 1901, from Eastbourne larvae. 
Tripa^na orbona. —Mr. A. Bacot, a remarkably fine aberratian of 
Triphaena orbona which had a curious admixture of red and black on 
the forewing. It had been bred from an Aberdeen strain. 
Thera juniperata, etc.— Mr. V. Eric Shaw, Thera jumperata from 
Wilmington, near Bexley, bred between October, 13th and l(5th 1901, 
also some Aporophyla lutulenta taken at sugar on September 23rd 
and 25th. 
Votes of thanks to President and Officers during year. —Mr. 
W. J. Kaye proposed that a vote of thanks be accorded the President 
for his services during the year, Mr. C. P. Pickett seconded, and the 
vote was carried with acclamation. In like manner a vote was 
carried for the Officers on being proposed by Mr. A. W. Mera and 
seconded by Mr. Montgomery. 
New Member elected. —Mr. A. E. Tonge, of Grammar School 
House, Reigate, was elected a member of the Society. 
Secretaries’ Report for the Year 1904. 
The general position of the affairs of the Society is much the same 
as last year. The average attendance works out at well over 17 per 
meeting, and compares with 18 for the year 1903. The small 
difference is probably easily accounted for by the splendid summer 
just experienced and the attraction to members of spending the greatest 
amount of time in the field. It is to be hoped, however, that mem¬ 
bers will still strive after a higher average than 17, good as it is com¬ 
pared with the records for the past six years. The Society now claims 
74 members, an increase of six upon last year’s total of 68, so that 
the prospects for the meetings of 1905 are rosy. Nine new members 
were elected during the year, to which a set oft’ of three has to be 
deducted through resignation. The most regrettable, perhaps the 
only regrettable, thing of the year, has been the diminished size of the 
Transactions. It is comforting to know that it is not a proof of 
diminished activity. There have been as many papers read before the 
Society, but they have not been published in our Transactions. In 
some ways this is a boon, in others detrimental. It is a boon when 
the publication fund is unequal to the demands it should have normally 
put upon it, it is detrimental as fewer copies are sold to the public, 
and the work of the Society is improperly gauged by its publication. 
It becomes increasingly evident that some members who read papers 
are not satisfied with the limited publicity afforded by the Transactions 
of the Society. Can anything be done to increase the circulation ? 
