trj'^ for the cause of Entomology, in various 2>ublications wiiich have 

 no connexion with this Society. I am proud to say that one of our 

 members, Mr. Nevi^port, has laid before tlie Royal Society a paper on 

 the development of the Myriapoda, in praise of which I have only 

 need to say that it has been chosen by that Society as the Bakerian 

 Lecture. I point out this as an example to those who would engage 

 in the study of Entomology with a view to its advancement, and to 

 show what may be done by talent and exertion. A great and wide 

 field is open in Entomology for those to advance in who have time to 

 give to this delightful study; and while some devote their minds to the 

 nomenclature and natural classification of insects, there is ample room 

 forothers to render important services in other branches of the science. 

 The ' Arcana Entomologica,' a very interesting and beautiful work, 

 carried on by our talented Secretary Mr. Westwood, is a child of the 

 last year, which will I hope live to a good old age ; for I am ready to 

 confess that the work is so full of important matter, so well illustrated, 

 and so ably conducted, that I know of no entomological work of the 

 present day which interests me so much. The ' Entomologist' is a 

 small periodical established last year, and as its name imports, its pages 

 are devoted to Entomology. It is ably conducted by Mr. Newman, 

 a name well known in the entomological world, and many interesting 

 papers on various subjects have appeared in it, and I think it is well 

 w^orthy of the patronage of all who take an interest in Entomology, 

 particularly the entomology of our own native land. A work in 

 which the butterflies of Great Britain and their transformations are 

 figured by Mr. Humphreys, and described by Mr. Westwood, was 

 concluded last year, and the same gentlemen have entered upon an- 

 other branch of the Lepidoptera, the British moths and their trans- 

 formations ; and I wish them success, as the character of the work 

 they are publishing will do much to extend the study of Entomology, 

 and make it far more popular than it has hitherto been. A volume 

 on foreign moths from the hands of Mr. Duncan, assisted by Mr. 

 Westwood, has appeared as one of the series of the Naturalist's Li- 

 brary ; it is got up in the usual attractive and po2:)ular style of that • 

 well-conducted publication, and will, I have no doubt, obtain the same 

 success as the volumes which have already appeared. Mr. Adam 

 White, one of our members, has published a very interesting article 

 on the insects of the north-west portion of New Holland, in the Ap- 

 pendix to Captain Gray's recent travels in that region. This jjaper 

 does great credit to this rising entomologist, and will be found useful 

 to those who are studying the insects of this little-known part of the 



