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Of Mr. Verrall’s great but uncompleted Monograph I am 
only qualified to say that it is universally recognised as worthy 
of its eminent author. 
My personal reminiscences of Mr. Verrall commence from 
the time when he was President. I listened, with delight 
which I shall never forget, to both of the Addresses which he 
delivered in that capacity at the Annual Meetings. Vividly 
can I recall the pleasant voice, the polished style, the trans- 
parent clearness with which he propounded and justified his 
real opinions on a subject, and the merry twinkle in his eye, 
as from time to time he startled his hearers with a deliberate 
paradox, or made ideas and practices which he disapproved seem 
not so much objectionable as harmlessly ridiculous, Strong 
common sense, wide reading and experience always present in 
the background but obtruded as little as possible, graceful 
courtesy to his audience and even to his opponents, and above 
all a sort of infectious good-humour which made him simply 
irresistible—such are my recollections of him on _ these 
ocasions, and, indeed, whenever I have had the pleasure of listen- 
ing to him. First and foremost, I must think of him as 
naturally a strong and most kindly personality ; secondly, as 
one polished and fortified by wide and varied experiences of 
men, and things, and the thoughts of others ; and thirdly, as one 
of the foremost and most influential specialists of our times. 
It was in his capacity as a member of the Entomological 
Club, and not asa Fellow of our own Society, that Mr. Verrall 
extended year by year to all sorts and conditions of entomolo- 
gists those splendid hospitalities which so many of us, have 
frequently enjoyed; and I therefore refer to them only to 
express my strong personal hope that the institution—for 
such it had become—of his Annual Supper may in some way 
be perpetuated as a memorial to him. (The perpetuity of 
another of his generous and thoughtful plans for the benefit 
of his fellow-entomologists is happily assured already by 
arrangements of his own making—the preservation of Wicken 
Fen.) Also, as only concerning us indirectly (though we are 
naturally glad to reckon among our Fellows men of mark 
and influence in other spheres), I shall here only allude to Mr. 
Verrall’s distinguished and useful career in business, as a 
