** The Study of the Structure of the Head 

 and Thorax of Lepidoptera, ' 



BEING THE 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 



Delivered at the Royal Institution, Liverpool, to the Members 



of the 

 LIVERPOOL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, 



On Friday, the 20th day of January, 1911, 



BY 



F. N. PIERCE. F.E.S. 



It is gratifying" to me to feel that you are able to place 

 such confidence in me as to elect me to preside over our 

 meetings for another year. And I must admit that I accept 

 the honour with less reluctance than I did a year ago. This 

 is entirely due to the loyal way in which you have rallied 

 round me, overlooking my shortcomings, and ignoring my 

 errors of omission and commission, that, while being so 

 palpable to me, are probably no less observable to you. 

 Still, with all this, uppermost comes the feeling that there 

 is a harmonious chord of sympathy between us all, that the 

 tide of our thoughts is swimming in the same channel, and 

 that all are working for the common weal of our Society, 

 therefore, with your continual help, I trust the coming year 

 may see us wiser for the ideas we have exchanged, 

 strengthened by an increased membership, and encouraged 

 to prosecute our studies, knowing that we shall find an 



