Journal of Proceedings. iii 



(kindly placed at the disposal of the Society by the conductors). A 

 large number of people were present, the chair being taken by Mr. R. 

 Meldola, F.R. A. S., F.C.S. (Secretary to the Entomological Society of 

 London). Mr. Meldola said it was unnecessary to make any remarks by 

 way of apology for calling the Club into existence. The proposal had 

 been warmly taken up in many quarters, and the number of ladies and 

 gentlemen present that evening was an evidence that such a Society 

 would be heartily welcomed in the county. Mr. N. F. Robarts, F.G.S., 

 proposed the foundation of the Club, the resolution being seconded 

 by Mr. W. C. Barnes, and carried unanimously. Mr. W. Cole (acting 

 as Secretary /to /cm.) then read the rules he had drawn up for the 

 approval of the meeting, stating that the same had been carefully settled 

 by Mr. Charles Browne, M.A., Barrister-at-law, who had consented to 

 act as Hon. Counsel to the Club. Each rule was discussed separately, 

 a few alterations being made, the principal one bemg the reduction of 

 the subscription to half-a-guinea per annum.* Ultimately the rules 

 were passed and ordered to be printed, on the motion of Mr. J. P. Hore 

 seconded by Mr. W. C. Barnes. The meeting then proceeded to elect 

 the Officers of the Club for the year 1880, and the following were 

 chosen : — President: Raphael Meldola, F.R. A. S., F.C.S.,&c. (Secretary to 

 Entomological Society of London). Treasurer; H. J. Barnes, F.C.S. 

 (Berlin). Secretary: WiWi^xn. Cole, M.Y..S. Librarian : W. ]. Argent. The 

 following gentlemen were selected to form the first Council of twenty- 

 five members :— Dr. E. B. Aveling, F.L.S. ; R. L. Barnes, F.C.S. ; W. C. 

 Barnes; E. N. Buxton, J. P., &c., Verderer of Epping Forest; J. T. 

 Carrington, F.L.S. (Naturalist to Royal Aquarium, Westminster, and 

 Editor of " Entomologist ") ; R. M. Christy; P. Copland ; E. A. Fitch, 

 F.L.S., M.E.S. ; Rev. James Francis, M.A. ; G. J. Godwin ; Herbert 

 Goss, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. ; J. C. Harcourt; Francis George Heath 

 (Author of " Our Woodland Trees," " The Fern World," &c.) ; H. B. 

 Hooper; J. P. Hore (Author of "The History of Epping Forest ") ; 

 Andrew Johnston, J. P. (High Sheriff of Essex, and Verderer of Epping 

 Forest) ; Alfred Lockyer; Nathl. Powell, J. P., &c. ; Hildebrand Ramsden, 

 M.A., F.L.S., F.R. M.S., &c. ; Rev. C. J. Ridgeway ; N. F. Robarts, 

 F.G.S., &c. ; W. G. S. Smith (Hon. Sec. "Epping Forest Fund"); 

 C. E. Taylor ; Rev. W. Linton Wilson, M.A. ; T. J. Woodrow, F.S.S. 



It was proposed by the Rev. C. J. Ridgeway and seconded by the 

 Rev. W. Linton Wilson, that Charles Browne, Esq., M.A. ; Charles 

 Darwin, Esq., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. ; Alfred Russel 

 Wallace, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. ; and WiUiam Whitaker, Esq., B.A., 

 F.G.S., &c. (of Her Majesty's Geological Survey), be elected Honorary 



* This alteration was strongly protested against by the founder of the Club, as being 

 adverse to the conclusion he had arrived at after careful consideration of the merits 

 and probabilities of the case, but on being put to the vote the smaller subscription 

 was adopted by the meeting. — Ed. 



