10 
Mar. 2. Special Exhibit. “ Polyommatus 
p/iloeas — vars. and abs. 
,, 16. Discussion.—“ Re the cause of occa¬ 
sional abundance of a species, 
followed by scarcity in ensuing 
years” ... ... Opened by 
April 6. Discussion.—“ Which is of greater 
importance to the Rhopalocera — 
the upper- or underside of the 
wings ... ... Opened by 
,, 20. Special Exhibit. “ Melitaea aurinia.” 
May 4. Special Exhibit. “ Arctia caia.” 
Nov. 2. Exhibition of Members’ Duplicates 
with a view to exchange. 
,, 16. Nomination of Council for 1910. 
Appointment of Auditors. Ex¬ 
hibition and Discussion. Notes 
on “ Thecla rubi ” Opened by 
Dec. 7. Annual Meeting. Election of Coun¬ 
cil for 1910. Vice-Presidential 
Address ... 
S. J. Bell, 
T. H. L. Grosvenor. [ 
Treasurers’ Report. 
In deference to a suggestion which I received in the fore part of 
the year, I have in this year’s balance sheet reverted to the old forma¬ 
tion. The suggestion was to the effect that the publication fund 
should be kept under a separate heading as it would serve to bring it 
more before the notice of members and possibly induce them to sub¬ 
scribe more generally towards it. I trust this will be the case, as you 
will notice that our subscriptions do not cover half our expenses under 
the heading, and our annual income from all sources falls considerably 
short of our annual expenditure, which makes us to some extent 
dependent upon voluntary donations to the Publication Fund. 
Generally speaking, the financial position of the Society is healthy, 
as in subscriptions there is only a sum of £5 17s. 6d. unpaid, and of 
this sum two members between them account for £3 7s. 6d. 
I have made considerable efforts to be able to report to you to-night 
that all subscriptions were safely harvested, but I regret to say that in 
some cases my most earnest appeals have been unavailing. 
The balance I have in hand is only half of last year’s amount, but- 
this is accounted for by the large arrears in subscriptions that I was 
fortunate enough to gather last year, and a treasurer, like other people, 
cannot eat his cake and have it too. 
I therefore ask your acceptance of the following balance sheet:— 
Dr. T. A. Chap¬ 
man, F.E.S. 
Dr. G. G. C. 
Hodgson. 
Dr. T. A. Chap¬ 
man, F.E.S. 
Mr. L. B. Prout, 
F.E.S. 
xix. 
