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Kuskin, nature and art, though not identical, were in- 

 separable ; and in his successor to-day we find a happy illus- 

 tration of that successor's favourite maxim, " Ars est homo 

 additus naturae." We may congratulate ourselves that the 

 artistic skill of our Slade Professor, already exemplified in 

 the Addresses which his handicraft has helped to make 

 worthy at once of the Society and of their recipients, will 

 leave with us a permanent memorial in the shape of 

 our new seal, in truth a Krrjfxa c? det for us and our 

 successors. 



This leads me to speak more particularly of the occasion of 

 one of the Addresses to which I have just alluded. At the 

 Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society, the Darwin Medal 

 was presented to our valued Fellow and ex-President, Mr. 

 Roland Trimen, M.A., F.R.S. The event was felt to be a 

 subject of special congratulation to entomological interests in 

 general as well as to the recipient in particular. It will be 

 remembered that the Society passed unanimously a special 

 resolution asking the officers to convey to Mr. Trimen " the 

 hearty congratulations of the Society on the occasion of the 

 award to him of the Royal Society's Darwin Medal." I think 

 it will be of interest to put on record the terms of the 

 Address, or rather Letter, in which this was done, and also 

 Mr. Trimen's reply. The Address, after quoting the Resolu- 

 tion, proceeds as follows : — 



" In conveying to you this expression of the Entomological 

 Society's appreciation of the honour conferred on a distin- 

 guished ex-President, we should wish to add that, in our 

 opinion, this event reflects no less honour upon the donors 

 than upon the recipient of the Medal. You are known to all 

 generations of scientific men as a veteran worker among those 

 who have found their chief inspiration in the principles laid 

 down by Charles Darwin. Among living naturalists there 

 are few indeed whose merits as associates and fellow-workers 

 with Darwin can bear comparison with your own ; and we 

 feel sure that all alike, in rejoicing at this public recognition 

 of your life-long services to Biological science, will agree that 

 the present honour could not have been more worthily 

 bestowed." 



