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ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
FIrtieTH ANNIVERSARY. 
May 2, 1883.—J. W. Dunnine, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., &c., President, 
in the chair. 
The President read the following Address :— 
“‘GENTLEMEN,—Before proceeding to the important business of the 
evening, I crave your indulgence whilst I make a few preliminary remarks. 
You scarcely need to be reminded that we this day complete the fiftieth 
year of our existence. It was on the 3rd May, 1838, that nine gentlemen— 
Messrs. Children, J. HE. Gray, G. R. Gray, Hope, Horsfield, Rudd, Stephens, 
Vigors, and Yarrell—met and resolved to found the Entomological Society 
of London. No time was lost; for on the 22nd of the same month the 
first General Meeting was held at the Thatched House Tavern, the 
Rev. Wm. Kirby was chosen Honorary President, 103 Members were 
enrolled, and a Council of thirteen were chosen to complete the organi- 
zation of the Society and prepare rules for its government. Rooms 
were taken at No. 17, Old Bond Street, and on the 4th November, 1833, 
under the Presidency of Mr. Children, the then Secretary of the Royal 
Society, a code of Bye-Laws was adopted, and our first scientific meeting 
was held. 
“ Of the Original Members, six, and six only, still survive—Prof. OC. C. 
Babington, the Rev. Leonard Jenyns (now Blomefield), Sir Sidney S. 
Saunders, Mr. W. B. Spence, Mr. G. R. Waterhouse, and Prof. Westwood. 
Of these Mr. Waterhouse has the additional distinction of having been 
one of the original Council, and the first Curator of the Society. 
“ Our meetings continued to be held at 17, Old Bond Street from 1833 
until 1852, when we removed to No. 12, Bedford Row; during nine sessions 
commencing in 1866, by the kindness of the Linnean Society, we assembled 
in Burlington House, but our Library remained at Bedford Row. In 1875 
the Library and place of meeting were again united in this house; and 
though the building operations now in progress have prevented us from 
indulging in any celebration of our Jubilee, we shall soon be in the enjoy- 
ment of improved accommodation, and I hope it may be long before the 
Society has again to change its quarters. 
“The Bye-Laws have been from time to time revised—in 1834, 1888, 
1847, 1848, 1851, 1855, 1862, 1864 and 1876; but, in the main, the 
original rules still govern us. In 1838 the class of Corresponding Members 
was instituted; in 1848 Annual Subscribers were allowed; and in 1851 
the grade of Associates was introduced. The last-mentioned class was 
abolished in 1855; and you are to-night to be invited to consider the 
