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which add much to the value of his contributions. Many of us 

 remember witli pleasure Mr. Newstead's exhibition of coloured draw- 

 ings intended for the firot Revisional Monograph of the British 

 Coccidte, which, I am glad to say, the Ray Society will shortly pub- 

 lish. The volume will be a valuable contribution to our entomological 

 literature. 



" Mr. Newstead's abilities as an ornithologist are also well known, 

 and his bird-groups have gained for him a world-wide reputation. In 

 this connection I must mention a paper he contributed to our Society 

 on ' Insects found in Birds' Stomachs,' which was the result of some 

 500 post-mortem examinations. Over-pressure of other work has pre- 

 vented the publication of this contribution, but I am assured it will 

 appear in due course. But in order that we may gather somewhat 

 of the nature of his observations, Mr. Newstead has favoured me with 

 one of his charts, wliich is of importance, as it clearly shows the 

 economic value of his investigations. 



" Most of my Addresses to you in the past have more or less 

 treated on Economic Entomology, as it is a subject in which I take 

 much interest ; and we have had numerous papers bearing on the 

 subject, notably those by Mosley, Chappell, Thorpe, and Gregson, 

 which have all contained much valuable infoimation and ltd to much 

 discussion ; whilst for a considerable period Dr. Ellis, who was then 

 our Secretary, acted as Recorder of Economic Entomology for the 

 counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. The past twenty years have 

 witnessed wonderful strides in the lines of Economic Entomology, 

 especially in the American States, Canada, and Australia; but these 

 countries do not immediately concern our Society, though we hail 

 with pleasure the efforts of such men as Prof. Riley, Prof. French, and 

 our lion, member Prof. Fletcher, who have done so much to make this 

 branch of our study a practical science. The latter gentleman, by his 

 kindness in forwarding to our Society his publications, keeps us 

 informed of the vast work done at the experimental farms in this 

 branch. But what has been done in this line in our own country 

 mostly concerns our Society, especially when we remember that some 

 of our own members have taken no mean part in the work. Miss 

 Ormerod commenced her work in 1877, by the issue of a pamphlet 

 (eight Images) calling attention to certain insects more or less generally 

 injurious, and her yearly Reports, ever increasing in bulk, interest, 

 and usefulness, have appeared regularly ever since. It is to the 

 indefatigable and disinterested efforts of that lady that this subject 

 owes the position that it occupies in this country to-day, which, 

 though far from what we would like, and very inadequate to the 

 importance of the subject, is certainly much in advance of what it was 

 when this Society came into existence. If nothing further had been 

 done than Miss Ormerod's elaborate Reports on the Warble Fly and 

 the Turnip Flea Beetle, these amply testify to the usefulness of the 

 work, the former pest particularly having been considerably reduced 

 and almost exterminated in some districts, in consequence of her 

 instructions having been followed out. It is a matter to be regretted 

 that in this very useful work Miss Ormerod should have received no 

 support from the Government of this country. 



" Some Reports, commenced in 1886, have been issued from the 



