THE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF LONDON. 5 
President, R. W. Kirby; President, J. G. Children; Vice-Presi- 
dents, N. A. Vigors, J. F. Stephens, Dr. Horsfield ; Treasurer, 
Rev. F. W. Hope; Secretary, G. R. Gray ; Curator of Coll. and 
Libr., G. R. Waterhouse. ‘The first sitting for the transaction of 
ordinary business was held at the Society’s Rooms, 17, Old Bond 
Street, November, 1835. ‘The prosperity of this long-established 
Society seems assured, as it is well and favourably known both 
at home and abroad. Its rooms are now at Chandos Street, 
Cavendish Square. Hn passant, it may be mentioned that the 
French Entomological Society was established in 1832, ‘‘ Ento- 
mologischen Vereins zu Stettin ” in 1840, and “‘ Societe Entomo- 
logique Belge” in 1857. 
‘here are now local Natural History Societies scattered 
throughout the length and breadth of the British Islands, and, 
as Entomology holds a leading position in most of these, the 
collectors residing in most of our large towns have facilities for 
the interchange of ideas and experiences. In London this is 
especially the case, and one of the metropolitan locals, viz., the 
South London Entomological and Natural History Society, 
established in 1872, has earned for itself a large measure of 
popularity ; and its annual exhibitions have, without doubt, 
done much towards developing a taste for Entomology in many 
who had perhaps simply been attracted by curiosity to look at 
whatever this Society had to show them. 
Returning to the history of the Entomological Club, we find 
that at a meeting held at Mr. Bennett’s, 48, Cannon Street, on 
Tuesday evening, June 9th, 1836, a committee, previously 
appointed for the purpose, brought in a Preamble and Code of 
Laws, which, after sundry alterations had been suggested, 
adopted, and incorporated, were unanimously agreed to. Imme- 
diately after the re-construction of the Club, donations began to 
pour in at a great rate; several entomologists gave their entire 
collections, both British and exotic. Among many other 
presents to the Club in 1836 were the following :—Mr. Davis, 
the whole of his exotic insects and numerous rare British ones ; 
Mr. William Christy, Jun., of London, the whole of his collection 
of British and exotic insects, with the exception of the British 
Lepidoptera,* and several books; Mr. J. F. Christy, a handsome 
mahogany cabinet of 40 drawers, together with his whole 
collection of insects; Mr. Bennett, a splendid collection of 
Brazilian insects of all orders, comprising nearly 1000 specimens, 
purchased by him expressly for the Club; Mr. Henry Doubleday, 
250 specimens of British Lepidoptera collected in his district 
expressly for the Club. 
So far as we can trace them, donations to the Club seem to 
have been on a liberal scale up to the end of 1837; after that 
date there is a hiatus, owing to the loss of a minute-book. In 
** These also were given to the Club on a subsequent occasion, 
