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of publication. It is very desirable that those who publish descrip- 
tions of new species in provincial towns should take care that they are 
at once made known in the three or four great centres of Science. 
The law of priority has its duties as well as its rights, and it will be 
very reluctantly admitted that a name, published in any widely-circu- 
lated or well-known work, should be superseded by an earlier publi- 
cation in some obscure local journal. 
The following I owe to the kindness of Mr. F. Smith :—“ The 
British Museum has added 4659 specimens to the Entomological Col- 
lections, of which 3597 were presented, chiefly by Mr. W. Wilson 
Saunders. The most valuable douation consisted of 3207 specimens 
of Hemiptera, among which is a_ fine series of the species collected 
by Mr. Wallace in the Eastern Archipelago. Among the purchases 
may be mentioned a collection of larvz of Coleopterous insects, which 
are to be figured and described in the Ann. Soc. Ent. de France. We 
may also mention a purchase of 448 species of Chilian Coleoptera 
from Dr. Germain’s collection, and of 180 species of Coleoptera from 
Russia and Siberia.” What will probably give Entomologists the 
greatest satisfaction is the acquisition of 343 species of Coleoptera 
named by Dr. Leconte. 
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In vacating this chair, may I venture to hope that my performance 
of its duties has justified your selection of me for that position? The 
honour was unsought and unexpected, and will always remain a 
source of the deepest satisfaction. In tendering you my most hearty 
and grateful thanks for your support, I rejoice that in the person of 
my distinguished successor you have chosen one who cannot fail to 
increase the interest and efficiency of the Society. 
A vote of thanks to Mr. Pascoe for his conduct in the chair was carried by 
acclamation, and he was requested to allow his Address to be published in the 
Journal of Proceedings. The vote was appropriately acknowledged, and the request 
acceded to. 
A vote of thanks to the other Officers for 1865 was also carried, and acknowledged 
by Mr. 8. Stevens and Mr. Dunning. 
