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Museums and private individuals. His early papers refer to 

 birds, and were published in " Stray Feathers " from 1876 to 

 1881. For some years past he devoted himself more especially 

 to insects, particularly Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. He 

 wrote numerous papers on the former, and in 1897 and 1903 

 he contributed two volumes on this Oi-der to the " Fauna of 

 British India," which were followed in 1905 and 1907 by two 

 volumes relating to the Butterflies. On the death of Dr. 

 Blanford he succeeded him as editor of the " Fauna." 

 During the last few years he had been engaged in arranging 

 the general collection of Aculeate Hymenoptera in the British 

 Museum, and had completed the Formicidse, Mutillidx, Scoliidve, 

 and Povipilidie. He combined with a strong determination, a 

 gentleness, kindness and thoughtfulness for others that made 

 him more than respected. He was often appealed to at our 

 meetings on account of his wide experience as a field 

 entomologist. 



John Adolphus Clark died on December 16th last at the 

 age of 66. He joined this Society in 1886. He was at one 

 time President of the old Haggerston Entomological Society, 

 and was afterwards for some years President of the City of 

 London Entomological Society. He contributed many in- 

 teresting notes to the '* Entomological Record," some of them 

 being accompanied by useful illustrations. He devoted 

 considerable trouble to the study of Peronea cristana and its 

 numerous varieties. His paper on this species is accompanied 

 by a plate in which many interesting forms are figured. 



In turning over in my mind what subject I might take for 

 my Address this evening, it occurred to me that I might say 

 something about the claws of insects, this being a matter that 

 would be of general interest. I do not propose to write a 

 treatise on the structure of these claws, but rather to suggest 

 a subject for inquiry and research. I must, however, to a 

 certain extent, include the whole tarsus, as the claws are only 

 part of a somewhat complex instrument. I need not say very 

 much about the tarsi. The most primitive tarsus probably 

 consists of five joints, biit the number is often reduced to four, 

 three, two, or even one. The undersides of the tarsal joints 



