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The Curators report that there has been less demand this year on 
their services than last, both as regards the arrangement in the cabinet 
of donations, which only number 48 specimens for the year, and also 
as regards calls upon them for the inspection of the collection under 
their care. Six of the Society’s cabinet drawers of lepidoptera were 
exhibited at the Hackney and East Middlesex Band of Hope Union In¬ 
dustrial Exhibition, our Curators taking upon themselves the responsi¬ 
bility of conveying them backwards and forwards. 
The Secretaries have to thank many members for ungrudgingly 
contributing to the enjoyment and knowledge of the Society, by 
writing papers or making shorter communications, or starting discus¬ 
sions. The following list will remind us that we have had a good 
programme during the year, and the discussions which we have 
recently re-commencecl have been well taken up, and that interest 
has been excited is apparent by the number of those joining in and 
sustaining them. 
1898, Dec. 20. Pocket Box Exhibition, when un¬ 
usually rich collections of speci¬ 
mens were brought up for mem¬ 
bers to admire and discuss. 
1899, Jan. 8. Discussion, “ Coast Insects,” led 
by ... ... ... ... Dr.T.A.Chapman. 
,, ,, 17. Society Business Discussion, “ Can 
we publish Transactions for 
1898? ” 
Feb. 7. Paper on the “ Mollusca,” by 
F. B. Jennings, 
F.E.S. 
,, ,, 21. Paper, “ Notes on Spilosoma lubri- 
cvpeda," by ... ... ... A. W. Mera. 
,, March7. Paper, “ Poisonous Plants in rela¬ 
tion to Medical Jurisprudence,” F. Bouskell, 
by . F.E.S. 
,, ,, 21. Paper, “ The Life-History of Opo- 
rabia ( Epirrata ) autumnata, 
Bkh.,” by .L.B.Prout,F.E.S. 
,, April 4. Paper, “ Notes on the Relationship 
of Insects to Man,” by... ... A. Bacot. 
,, ,, 18. Paper, “ Coleoptera of Weymouth,” H. St. J. K. Don- 
by ... ... ... ... isthorpe,F.E.S. 
,, May 2. Paper, “ Secondary Sexual Charac¬ 
ters in Coleoptera,” by... ... H. Heasler. 
,, ,, 16. Paper, “ Nature’s Scavengers ” 
,, Oct. 17. Discussion, “ Ova.” 
,, Nov. 7. Communications: “Some Marsh 
Beetles of the Lea Valley,” by F. B. Jennings. 
“On variation in broods of 
Clisiocampa castrensis, Axylia 
putris, Spilosoma urticae, and 
Cucullia umbratica,” by ... A. Bacot. 
“Notes on Eupithecia coronata, 
lib.,” by .L.B.Prout,F.E.S. 
,, ,, 21. Discussion, “ Papilio machaon .” 
We think it is to the advantage of the Society that we are to have 
