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in his criticisms of his contemporaries. He was not only 

 a Dipterologist but a good botanist, in which study his wife 

 joined him, as I have known from delightful rambles with 

 him at Hainfeld, while he was also highly accomplished as a 

 INJusician and a Pliilologist. 



Emmanuel Pokorny died on March 21st at Troppau in 

 Austrian Silesia, at the age of 63 years. In his earlier studies 

 he worked at Lepidoptera, but in recent years he wrote a 

 good deal about xiustrian Diptera, especially on those from 

 the Tyrol. 



Baron de Selys-Longchamps, who was our senior Honorary 

 Fellow, I have at almost the last moment been informed, died 

 on December 11th at Liege. He was perhaps the most widely 

 known European Odonatist, if such a term may be allowed in 

 Britain, for at any rate a large number of years, but as he had 

 nearly reached the age of 88 years it is only natural that his 

 active work was diminished in recent times. The study of 

 Odonata, or as we commonly call them " Dragon-Flies," seems 

 to be growing in Britain, and with that will grow the 

 knowledge of the good work done by de Selys-Longchamps. 

 He was born at Paris in 1813, and began to write in 1831. He 

 was elected an Honorary Member of this Society in 1871, and 

 I doubt if any Honorary IMember has ever previously held 

 that position for 29 years, because men are seldom given that 

 honour until they have earned high rej)utation and become 

 well advanced in years. 



Mr. J. H. Leech died on December 29th last at Salisbury. 

 I do not know his age, but I know that he was a comparatively 

 young man. Very few persons have devoted more capital and 

 assistance towards investigating the Palajarctic Lepidupterd 

 than were given by Mx\ Leech ; as is shewn by our own Trans- 

 actions and by many other writings. 



Lord Dormer's death has been announced, and he has been 

 a Fellow of our Society since 1886, but I do not know what 

 branch of Entomology he studied. 



Major George Cockle, who has been a Fellow of this Society 

 since 1874, has also died. I know nothing about his entomo- 

 logical work. 



Mr. Philip Crowley is also another Fellow that we have lost 



