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Edivard Alexcmder WaterJiouse was born at Uaj^swater on November 27th, 

 1849, and was the youngest son of the late George Eobert Waterhouse of the 

 British Mnseiun. At an early age he took to his father's pursuit, and collected 

 British Coleoptera. Soon after leaving school he went to Yorkshire, as Curator 

 of the Museum of the Earl de Grey (afterwards the Marquess of Ripon) at 

 Fountains Hall. Here he naturally had to collect and stiidy insects of all 

 Orders, thus gaining a knowledge of British insects generally, becoming at the 

 same time most skilful in mounting and setting them, perhaps to a degree rarely 

 equalled. After a few years, as he saw no opening for advancement, he returned 

 to London, and joined a firm of discount brokers. Here he was engaged for 

 many years, until the failure of certain Australian banks broke up the firm, 

 threw him out of employment, and involved him at the same time in heavy 

 pecuniary loss. The Natviral History Museum had at this time recently acquii-ed 

 the Power collection of British Coleoptera, and Mr. Waterhouse was employed 

 (with Mr. Bertram Eye) to re-mount and arrange them. From this time forward 

 he was regularly engaged in similar work, and when the Trvistees determined 

 to employ additional persons to cope with the setting of the ever increasing 

 accessions, Mr. Waterhouse was appointed to superintend the work. Besides 

 the Power collection above referred to, he mounted and arranged the Cameron 

 collection of Saw-flies, the British Hemiptera, and, when the disease from which 

 he died stopped his work in October, he had nearly finished preparing the 

 collection of British Homoptera (including the Douglas, Scott, Norman and 

 Jennings collections) for arrangement. This work, it is hoped, will be completed 

 by his brother. Mr. Waterhouse never claimed great scientific attainments, and 

 his writings were confined to short notices in various magazines. His first 

 article in this journal appeared in May, 1865, and his last in August, 1915. 

 He will be much missed by many entomologists, whom he vised to aid in 

 determining their insects. His large collection of British Coleoptera he 

 amalgamated with his father's. The arrangement of this collection in his 

 usual beautifully neat style he had fortunately recently completed. He died in 

 a nursing home in Fulham, on February 2nd. He leaves a widow, one daughter 

 and two sons, the elder of whom is in the Eoyal Engineers, and the younger 

 has done good service in the Queen Victoria Eifles in France for more than 

 twelve months. 



Entomological Society of London : Wednesday, January Idth, 1916 .- 

 Annual Meeting. — The Hon. N. Charles Eothschild, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The Balance Sheet was read by Mr. C. J. Gahan, one of the Auditors, and 

 adopted on the motion of Mr. Stanley Edwards, seconded by Mr. Frisby. 



The Eev. G. Wheeler, one of the Secretaries, then read the Eeport of the 



