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THE PEESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



I MUST commence, Gentlemen, by tendering to you the 

 expression of my warm gratitude for your forbearance and 

 kindness during the last fifteen months. When I found that it 

 would be impossible for me to attend your meetings for some 

 time, I placed my resignation in the hands of the Council, who, 

 however, thought it better that I should continue in office until 

 the end of the usual term. I have to thank them for their 

 careful attention to the affairs of the Society ; and especially to 

 the Secretaries and Vice-Presidents, and to Mr. Dunning, who 

 was good enough to deliver the address last year. 



We may, I think, fairly congratulate ourselves that the 

 science of Entomology continues to make rapid progress. The 

 number of species recorded, and our knowledge of their habits, 

 anatomy, and affinities, are continually increasing. 



The energy of Entomologists is so great, the subject is so 

 interesting and vast, and consequently the extent of Entomo- 

 logical literature is so enormous, that it is of course impossible 

 for your President to do more than refer to a very small 

 proportion of the numerous works and memoirs which have 

 appeared during his term of office. 



Our own Transactions contain a number of valuable memoirs. 

 The list is as follows : — 



Paet I. — " Materials for a revision of the Lampyrida," by 

 Eev. H. S. Gorham, " On some Coleoptera from the Hawaiian 

 Island," by Dr. Sharp. " On synonyms of Heterocerous Lepi- 

 doptera," by A. G. Butler. "Descriptions of Cetoniidce and 

 Cemmhycidce from Madagascar," by C. 0. Waterhouse. 



