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that the boneficial influences resulting therefrom will not be 

 confined to those only who now muster in our ranks, but will 

 also constitute a source of attraction to others. Arrangements 

 have likewise been made whereby, as already intimated in 

 convening this meeting, our Library will be open to Members 

 and Subscribers every Monday from two to seven o'clock, as 

 heretofore, and on every Wednesday and Friday from two to 

 five o'clock, instead of one day in the week. I must also 

 bring under your notice that we are indebted to the liberality 

 of one of our Members for a further proof of the interest which 

 he has on several occasions exhibited on behalf of this 

 Society, in providing for the entire expense of transferring 

 our Library to this locality, as well as of the glazed book- 

 cases and fittings requisite for its reception. In connection 

 with these ameliorations it has been found necessary to alter 

 the days hitherto appointed for our meetings from Monday to 

 Wednesday, the former day in each week being already 

 appropriated to the meetings of the Medical Society. Our 

 Anniversary Meeting, however, will still be held on the third 

 Monday in January, as prescribed by the Bye- Laws, but at 

 an earlier hour, — namely, five o'clock in the afternoon. It 

 has also been deemed o]5]iorlune to revert to the former 

 custom, as originally provided by the founders of this Society, 

 of holding our meetings in the first week of each month 

 throughout the year, instead of having certain bi-monthly 

 meetings to obviate the difficulty arising from the closing of 

 the rooms at Burlington House during the summer recess. 

 Having thus adverted to the changes, made with a view to 

 promote the interests of this Society and the convenience of 

 its Members, I would further draw your attention to the 

 expansion which it has been deemed advisable to give to the 

 usual custom of introducing friends at our meetings, by 

 throwing open our doors to all entomologists indiscriminately 

 on this occasion as appertaining to one and the same system, 

 actuated by corresponding impulses, and influenced by 

 similar attractions in common with ourselves. Our policy is 

 not one of exclusiveness, but rather that of fostering and 

 developing new sources of emulation from within and from 

 without, which can best be effected by cultivating a closer 

 intimacy with those who are fellow-labourers in the same 

 field. To all such we tender a hearty welcome. I would 

 venture, in conclusion, to suggest to some few of our most 



