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the age of 81, had long retired from active entomology. His 

 most important contributions to literature were the volumes on the 

 Malacoderms, and on the Emtj/liihE, Endomi/cJiidfE and Coccinellithe 

 for the "Biologia Centrali-Americana " (1880-1889). He had 

 formed large collections of these families of beetles, and it is to 

 be regretted that a large proportion of these have been allowed 

 to pass into the possession of continental collectors and Museums. 



Mr. Alfred E. Hudd died at the age of 75 years. Though 

 perhaps personally unknown to many of us, he was an authority on 

 the Lepidoptera of the Bristol district, and assisted in working 

 out the life history of many species for Buckler's work on the 

 " Larvffi of British Lepidoptera." More recently he had devoted 

 his attention to the Diptera of that district. 



Of Continental Entomologists the most noted who have passed 

 away during the year are perhaps : — 



Edmund Keitter, a prolific writer on Pal^earctic Coleoptera. 

 To British Coleopterists his best known works are his " Catologues 

 of the Coleoptera " of Europe, his " Bestimmungs-tabellen " of 

 very many of the families, and his volumes on the Coleoptera of 

 the ''Fauna Germanica." The 'key '-method of treatment so 

 greatly adopted by him is a model of conciseness combined with 

 scientific accuracy. 



, Professor J. R. Sahlberg is known chiefly for his work on the 

 Northern Palaearctic Coleoptera and Hemiptera. 



On these occasions, in addition to a brief survey of the position 

 of our Society during the year just closing it is usual for the 

 President to offer a paper on some subject connected with the work 

 of the Society, the subject chosen being as a rule either of general 

 interest, or on some branch of the work which he has made 

 especially his own. For this part of my address to-night I have 

 chosen one which I hope will be of general interest to the members, 



viz. : — 



Insects in Winter. 



It is a little startling to reflect that even in the depth of 

 winter, when there seems to be an almost complete absence of 

 insect life, the insects are nevertheless present ; in individuals 

 indeed somewhat less numerous than when in full summer they 

 are in countless thousands everywhere around us, yet every species 

 that we find in summer is with us also in winter — if only we 

 know where and how to look for it. Indeed, if we consider the 

 general statement that for each pair of the parents, however great 



