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Smith ; Librarians, Messrs. Gurney and Prout ; Secretaries, Messrs. 

 Nicholson and Battley ; Council, Messrs. Lewcock, Newbery, 

 Oldham, Bacot and Capt. Thompson. Mr. Bacot and Mr. Prout were 

 appointed Auditors for 1894. 



Annual meeting, Bee. 'ith, 1894. — Exhibits : — Mr. Battley : Xylina 

 socia, Epunda niijra, Cidaria siterata, Orthosia lota, (). macilenta 

 and Dasypolla teinpli, all from Dorset. Dr. Sequeira : Paraponyx stra- 

 tiotalis, Spilodt's jxilealis, Hydrocavqia stagnalis, and H. nymphealis from 

 Folkestone. Mr. Prout : Noclua plecta and var. andersoni, Lampa, N. 

 glareosa and var. rosea, Tutt, and N. ruhi and var. with transverse 

 lines obsolete, all from Sandown. Mr. Taylor : a variable series of 

 Orthosia suspecta from Wimbledon, and a fine specimen of Xanthia 

 ocellaris from the same locality ; only some half-dozen [? only two, Ed.] 

 specimens of the latter have been recorded for this country. Mr. Bate : 

 two specimens of Danais clirysippus, which had been satisfactorily 

 reset, after having been relaxed with wood-naphtha. Mr. Clark : Hy- 

 pochrysops delicia, a rare butterfly, and Selidosema lyciaria, a beautiful 

 moth, which appeared to be much more closely allied to Boarniia than to 

 Selidosema ; these two good species were captured recently by Mr. E. 

 Anderson, at Melbourne. 



All the gentlemen nominated at the last meeting as officers for the 

 ensuing year were elected, except Dr. Buckell, who declined re-election ; 

 Mr. F. J. Hanbury was elected Vice-President in his stead. Captain 

 Thompson, however, became Curator, and Mr. C. B. Smith was elected 

 on the Council. 



The Secretaries' Report for 1894 showed, that although the average 

 attendance had fallen off somewhat, yet the papers, exhibits, Sec, were, 

 if anything, rather above the average ; the membership roll was practi- 

 cally stationary. 



At the invitation of the President (Mr. J. A. Clark), Mr. Tutt read 

 the following address, in tlie place of the usual presidential discourse : — 



ADDRESS BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT TO THE CITY OF 

 LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY 



SOCIETY. 



It is difficult to know what subject to select for an address to a body 

 of entomologists at an annual meeting. There are two things, how- 

 ever, which perhaps, beyond all others, interest every entomologist ; 

 these are — our subject and ourselves, and to these I will direct your 

 attention. 



The stud}' of entomologj'', like that of almost all the other sciences, 

 has been a matter of very slow growth. Carried on by a few enthu- 

 siasts, usually living far away from one another, entomology was at 

 first considered as only a branch, and a very unimportant branch, of 

 natural history ; but during the present centur}' the subject has been 

 taken u\) by an ever-increasing number of students all over the world. 

 'I'lie first three-quarters of the century were occupied more especially 

 in the systematic arrangement and correct naming of specimens, but 

 the last two decades have seen a great advance in the study of the j)hilo- 

 sophical side of the subject, and this is due in a large measure to the 

 tremendous impetus given to the philosoi)hical study of natural history 

 by Darwin. 



