26 THE entomologist's recoed. 



being the well-considered outcome of deliberate thought by experts 

 personally much interested in the welfare of the collections ; but at 

 the same time it must be conceded that, although Mr. Waterhouse and 

 Mr. Gahan are coleopterists, there is no evidence whatever (rather the 

 contrary) that they are not men of equally broad, if not broader views 

 than Sir George Hampson, and would not be equally jealous for the 

 good keeping of those parts of the collection other than those relating 

 to the order to which they are, by the nature of their work at the 

 Museum, supposed to be more specially attached. We still trust 

 that, as a matter of justice, the claims of Mr. Waterhouse will obtain 

 due recognition, and that the just aspirations of so excellent an ento- 

 mologist as Mr. Gahan will meet with due consideration and reward. 



As will be seen from one of our leading articles there will be a 

 ballot for the whole of the members of the Council of the Entomological 

 Society of London this year. We understand that the election is to be 

 conducted on absolutely friendly lines, and with a view of allowing 

 every Fellow to make a choice for himself, and we trust that no paltry 

 personal considerations will be allowed to influence the result. It 

 appears to us that the strong claims of some of the younger men to a 

 seat on the Council cannot long be delayed, and we are at one with 

 those who think that only those who have done something for entomo- 

 logy, who attend the meetings regularly, and do their best to make 

 them a success now, should be elected. The older men (entomo- 

 logically, not necessarily by age) whose active interest in entomology 

 is past, and who are merely names to the workers of to-day, will, one 

 suspects, naturally give way gradually to their more active successors. 

 We particularly look forward to the chance that such an election will 

 give to the provincial entomologists to express their opinions. The 

 eighteen names before the Fellows are : Eevs. Canon Fowler, F. D. 

 Morice, Colonel Swinhoe, Professors T. H. Beare and E. B. Poulton, 

 Dr. Sharp, Messrs. Adkin, Burr, Champion, Chitty, Distant, Godman, 

 Goss, Lloyd, McLachlan, Eowland-Brown, Saunders and Tutt. Of 

 these, fifteen are to be elected. We trust that those who are able and 

 willing to do most for the Society will be chosen. Men who do not 

 attend the meetings, or those who do attend but do nothing to make 

 them successful, should certainly be passed over. 



Lord Walsingham writes {Ent. Mo. 2Ia(/.) with regard to his well- 

 known collection of Micro-lepidoptera : "With a view to avoid 

 misconception and enquiry, it may be well to state for the information 

 of our readers, that by a deed dated November 23rd, 1901, between 

 the Trustees of the British Museum and myself, all my collections of 

 Micro-lepidoptera have now become the property of the Trustees, upon 

 the condition that I am to retain them in my care and custody so long 

 as I may desire to do so. This will in no way interfere with the study 

 or improvement of the collections during my lifetime, but will rather 

 enhance the interest with which I shall endeavour to render them as 

 complete as possible." 



Our readers should see the January number of Science Gossip. In 

 it are excellent photographs of Miss Winstone and Mr. J. T. Carrington, 

 and their editorial staff. What many lepidopterists who are now past 

 their first youth owe Mr. Carrington for the kindly help that was 

 always freely given them during the time that he was editor of 'The 

 Entoinolof/ist (a critical time when the new entomology was struggling 

 hard for due recognition), one can scarcely tell, certainly none owes 



