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flies ; the normal clothing is composed of hairs only, and from this 

 they acquired the scientific name Trichoptera. Were I to attempt 

 a disquisition here on the actual position in Nature of these 

 Trichoptera, I should not only rei^uire an entire evening, but tire 

 you by the necessary use of technical terms. Whether they should 

 form an order apart, or be considered only a section of that 

 ill-assorted order Neuroftera, is a matter on which much difference 

 of opinion exists. I rather incline to the former idea ; as I do 

 also to a conviction that their relationship to Lepidoptera is close, 

 but not sufficiently so to warrant their absorption into that order. 

 It remains for me to thank you for the attention with which 

 you have listened to the few remarks I have had occasion to make 

 this evening. When I consented to "read a paper" at this 

 meeting, I had no idea on what subject tliat paper was likely 

 to be ; other occupations caused me to put off this con- 

 sideration until the last moment, and in that case I naturally 

 chose the subject most familiar to me. I can only hope that, 

 under the circumstances, some of my remarks may have proved 

 not altogether uninteresting.* 



* The author would remark that the "paper" was "spoken," not "read;" 

 and that which appears above has been written from memory only. 



