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suggested key to the species built upon the shape of the leaf segments
(see p.94).
After the lecturer had been thanked by the President, the meeting ended
and members adjourned to the refectory for tea.
Ordinary Meeting (944th Meeting)
SATURDAY, 23 FEBRUARY, 1952
This meeting was held at the West Ham Municipal College at 3 p.m. with
the President, Mr. Laurence S. Harley, in the chair.
The President referred to the death of His Majesty King George VI and
read the message of sympathy sent to our Patron, H.R.H. The Duke of
Gloucester, by the Club and the gracious reply received from His Royal
Highness.
The following were elected to membership of the Club : —
Miss R. M. Lemcke, of 12, Mannock Drive, Loughton.
Mr. B. A. B. Barton, of 2, Holyoake Villas, The Avenue, Wivenhoe.
Mr. F. J. C. Harris, of 30, Alma Square, London, N.W.8.
Mr. D. H. Shean, of 8, Clare Road, Leytonstone, E.11.
Mr. W. W. Tyrell, of 80, Fullers Road, South Woodford, E.18.
The members then elected as their Auditor, Mr. J. W. Dyce.
The President then read the names of those members nominated by the
Council to fill the vacancies on the Council and to hold office for the year
1952-3. He pointed out that any member might put forward other
nominations for any of the vacancies or offices at this meeting. The
Council's nominations were as as follows:—
As President: Mr. L. S. Harley, B.sc., m.i.e.e.
As Hon. Treasurer: Mr. D. S. Blair, LL.B.
As Joint Hon. Secretaries: Messrs. W. J. Foster, LL.B., and Richard
Ward.
As Hon. Field Meeting Secretary: Mr. E. Paul Williams, f.z.s.
As Hon. Curator, Essex Museum: Mr. S. Waller.
As Hon. Curator, Epping Forest Museum: Mr. Bernard T. Ward.
As Hon. Librarian: Mr. C. Hall Crouch, F.S.G.
As Hon. Asst. Librarians: Miss E. L. English, a.l.a., and Mr. D. B.
Lindsay.
As Hon. Editor: Mr. C. B. Pratt, M.P.S.
As Members of Council: Miss E. M. Jones, Mrs. Ella Ward, Mr.
T. H. C. Bartrop, Mr. R. Curnock, M.R.C.S., and Mr. E. E. Syms,
F.R.E.S., F.z.s.
No further nominations were made.
Mr. Syms showed the Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Corixa punctata (Illiger)
and Notonecta glauca Linn, He also showed larva cases of the Caddis.
Silo pallipes (Fabr.) containing the hymenopterons parasite Agriotypus
armatus Curtis.
Mr. Bartrop showed a home-constructed viewer to take standard-size
Dufaycolor slides. He also exhibited maps to show the position of the
reservoir now under construction near Hanningfield.
Mr. Ross called attention to his paper, "A Study of some British species
of Synergus (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea)", published on 6 December. 1951,
in the Transactions of the Society for British Entomology, Vol. 11. In this
paper Mr. Ross puts forward evidence for his contention that seven, or
possibly eight, supposed species of Synergus are in reality forms of three
species only. His conclusions are based on study of material bred by the
author since 1942. A key to the British species of Synergus having two or
more generations annually is appended to the paper.
Mr. Syms then gave a lecture on the Caddis Fly. This he illustrated by
many photographic lantern slides of the various stages of several species.