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Volume 26, Number 3
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The Zoological Miscellany, by John E. Gray, with an introduction by Arnold G. Kluge. Reprinted by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 1971. P. viii + 86, 4 pis. Price: $8.00 paperbound, $10.00 clothbound. (Available from the society's publications secretary, Dr. Henri C. Seibert, Dept, of Zoology, Morton Hall, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701.)
This rare natural history journal was published privately by John Edward Gray in London, appearing irregularly between 1831 and 1844. The reprint includes an editorial note about the publication dates of the three parts, and a two page introduction giving some insight into Gray's life and the circumstances which may have prompted him to publish "The Zoological Miscellany." Most of the papers are by Gray himself. There are only three (of 56) papers which deal with Lepidoptera.
George Robert Gray. 1831. Descriptions of eight new species of Indian butterflies, (Papilio, Lin.) from the collection of General Hardwicke. p. 32-33. (Descriptions of Papilio glycerion, Papilio philoxenus, Papilio minereus, Parnassius hardwickii, Pieris horsfieldii, Pieris agathon, and Argynnis childreni, all from Nepaul, and of Papilio agestor, from Sumatra.)
John Edward Gray. 1831. Description of a new species of Bombyx from Nepaul, discovered by Dr. Wallich. In the collection of Major General Hardwicke. p. 39. (Description of Bombyx wailichii.)
Edward Doubleday. June 1842. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera. p. 73-78. (Descriptions of Papilio ganesa, from Nepaul, Assam; oi: Papilio polyeuctes, Papilio xenocles, Pieris thestylis, Pieris lalage, and Rhodocera lycorias, all from Silhet; of Leptalis atthis from Mexico; of Leptalis cydno, locality unknown; of Pieris ianthe from Sierra Leone; and of Pieris anactorie from South Africa.)
Richard S. Funk, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025.
NOTES AND NEWS
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY
The following changes in the Constitution of the Society have been proposed, in order to:
1) qualify the Society as a nonprofit organization;
2) establish the new class of Student Member;
3) define more precisely the nature of what is now known as Honorary Membership;
4) add the Secretary-elect and Treasurer-elect to the Executive Council;
5) provide for the nomination by the Nominating Committee of up to two candidates for each elective office, and to simplify the nominating procedure; and
6) clarify or modernize several sections.
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Article XII, Section 1, that these proposed amendments to the Constitution will be sent to the members with the ballots in November, 1972. Each section containing a proposed change is reproduced below in full, with language to be deleted in bold-face type, and new language in italic.
Article II, Section 1: The Lepidopterists' Society is a non-profit educational and scientific organization. It shall be the purpose of the Society to promote inter-