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only due, of his patriotic devotion to the Entomological Society 

 of London, it is right to place beside it the " Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine" which he served with eqvial zeal. He 

 acted as an Editor from the very commencement in 1864, and 

 upon the death of H. T. Stainton in 1902 became proprietor. 



It is not necessary on this occasion to do more than allude 

 to the long list of valuable memoirs, chiefly dealing with the 

 Neuroptera, but by no means confined to this Order, which 

 came from his pen. They were communicated to the scientific 

 literature of many lands, and their author received from 

 numerous scientific Societies on the Continent the highest 

 honour which is in their hand to bestow. His election to the 

 Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1877 took place in the 

 midst of the years during which his Monographic Revision of 

 the Trichoptera. was being given to the world, and is an 

 interesting indication of the instant recognition won by that 

 great work. 



I have not thought it necessary or even advisable on this 

 occasion to repeat the whole of the interesting details of 

 McLachlan's life and work which are to be found elsewhere.* 

 Here, and in the special circumstances of his death while still 

 holding the reins of olfice, I have preferred to speak chiefly of 

 his relations to this Society, and of the circumstances which 

 contributed to make him so valuable a member of our 

 community. I trust I have been able to bring before you 

 some of the reasons for the high honour that will ever be due 

 to the memory of the warm friend the Society has lost. 



Charles Golding Barrett joined the Society in 1884. By 

 his death on December 1 1 we lose one of our most valued 

 Fellows and an indefatigable worker. He was born at 

 Colyton, Devonshire, on May 5, 1836, and entered the Civil 

 Service in June 1856. He passed through the usual stages of 

 promotion up to 1875, when he was appointed a Supervisor 

 of Excise. In 1884 he was promoted to an Inspectorship, and 

 was made a Collector of Inland Revenue at Lynn in July 

 1886. He was further promoted to a first-class Inspectorship 



* "Entomologist's Monthly Magazine," July 1904, pp. 145-148. The 

 Royal Society. Obituary. "Entomological News," Septenaber 1904, 

 pp. 226, 227. 



