July’s newsletter concluded eight years of African Butterfly News; forty-eight editions, comprising 3 742 pages; 3 185 articles written by 276 authors and containing about 1 200 000 words. Will the newsletter continue? This is a decision for the new LepSoc Africa council, due to be elected at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday 21 September. I’m happy to continue compiling a newsletter, but there may have to be some changes: refer to “The Last Eight Years” elsewhere in this edition.