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hold the purse-strings so loosely as in the past year, but that 

 is probably because he had a full purse ; I trust that he will 

 continue as our Treasurer for many years to come and that he 

 may have ample funds to deal with. 



OBITITAEY. 



Our losses by death in 1899 were few in number (7), but 

 vei-y important as regards our Honorary Members, since 

 M. Hippolyte Lucas who was elected only last year, and 

 Dr. Carl Gustaf Thomson who was elected in 1895, died 

 during the year. It is not often that men become elected 

 Honorary Members until well advanced in life, which naturally 

 accounts for frequent changes in that list, but it is interesting 

 to note that we possess (out of our twelve Honorary Members) 

 one who was elected in 1871 (Baron M. E. de Selys Long- 

 champs) and another in 1872 (Henri F. de Saussure). Our 

 two deceased Honoi'ary Members are of course men who had 

 attained a very high reputation in Entomology. 



M. Hippolyte Lucas began his Entomological writings about 

 1830, and by 1861 had over 200 papers and works attached to 

 his name, which alone is proof of the energy he threw into 

 his studies. His lines of Entomology have very rarely come 

 across my own, as he wrote but little on Dipterology. He was 

 86 years old at the time of his death. 



Prof. C. G. Thomson was another Entomologist who caused 

 his name to be known in almost every order. I believe that 

 his best and most celebrated work was done in Coleoptera, 

 upon which he began to write in 1851, but he has written 

 more or less upon most orders of Insects, and even in Dipter- 

 ology he has done good and very original work. He was 

 75 years old at the time of his death. 



Yery notable among our Fellows is the loss of Mr. S. 

 Stevens ; and the other Fellows who have died are Dr. Charles 

 Brongniart, R. W. Fereday, Rev. W. Farren White, and 

 Hildebrand Ramsden. 



Samuel Stevens, F.L.S., was the senior but one of the 

 Fellows of our Society, as he was elected in 1837 ; he was the 



