Singularity Analysis of a Variant of the Painlev{\'e}--Ince Equation

We examine by singularity analysis an equation derived by reduction using Lie point symmetries from the Euler--Bernoulli Beam equation which is the Painlev\'{e}--Ince Equation with additional terms. The equation possesses the same leading-order behaviour and resonances as the Painlev\'{e}--Ince Equation and has a Right Painlev\'{e} Series. However, it has no Left Painlev% \'{e} Series. A conjecture for the existence of Left Painlev\'{e} Series for ordinary differential equations is given.