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Naturalist wlio wrote the volumes on Insects, which form 

 so bright a part of the far-famed Animal Kingdom of 

 Cuvier. 



There is another matter to which I must allude before I 

 conclude. When this Society was first formed, it was 

 unanimously resolved that Mr. W. Sharp MacLeay should 

 be our Honorary President. This idea was suggested by the 

 example of the Entomological Society of London, the 

 Members of which had elected the late Mr. Kirby as their 

 Honorary President. It was thought that, while it was only 

 due to Mr. MacLeay as the most eminent of living Ento- 

 mologists, that such a compliment should be paid to 

 him, the Society itself would benefit by having associated 

 with it a name so distinguished in the scientific world. 

 However, while Mr. MacLeay has joined us as an ordinary 

 Member, and, with most cordial expressions of goodwill 

 towards the Society, has offered it the invaluable advantages 

 of his advice and assistance ; he has, nevertheless, I regret to 

 say, judged it desirable for several reasons, that he should 

 decline to accept the responsibilities of any office in the 

 Society. 



And now, Gentlemen, 1 have only to add, that, should I 

 be spared to occupy the Chair at our next Annual Meeting, 

 I hope to be able to point to the efforts of our Society as not 

 the most insignificant or the least useful in the history of 

 Entomological Science for 1863. 



