ADDRESS. 



This is the tenth year of the existence of this Society, which since 

 its formation has been gradually advancing in pu1)lic estimation, 

 until it has gained the high station which it now holds among the 

 scientific bodies of London. I would not wish to congratulate the 

 members upon the position the Society has attained, unless I 

 thought that there were ample reasons for so doing ; but surely 

 when I look to the character we have as a body, the number of 

 members who have joined us, and the state of our collection and 

 funds, I cannot but congratulate the members on the present state 

 and prosperity of the Society. 



Placed in the chair of this Society by no other merit of my own 

 than that of being an ardent devotee at the shrine of Entomology, 

 I do not wish that it should be thought that I am claiming any por- 

 tion of the merit which attaches to those members who by their ex- 

 ertions have so much advanced the Society and the science in public 

 estimation. They will, I am sure, feel rewarded for their trouble 

 by seeing the Society so flourishing. 



I have just alluded to the number of members who have joined 

 this Society since its formation, and I am now happy to state th;it 

 the number admitted last year is greater than for several seasons past ; 

 and I feel confident as we become more consolidated we shall find 

 our ranks increase in proportion ; and I look forward to the time 

 when every entomologist in this country will have joined our ranks, 

 and when all will strive together to promote the cause of the science 

 which, above all others, each must have most at heart. The cash- 

 balance in the Treasurer's hands shows a favourable state of our 

 funds, and that our income is equal to the exigencies of the Society, 

 with a surplus which I hope at our Anniversary Meetings never to 



