THE 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF 



LONDON 



For the Year 1905. 



February 1st, 1905. 



Mr. F. Merrifield, President, in the chair. 



Mr. Merrifield, taking the chair as President, said it would 

 be in accordance with some recent precedents if he expressed 

 his acknowledgments for the honour which had been conferred 

 on him. It was also a responsibility. He succeeded one 

 under whose Presidency the Society, which had been steadily 

 rising for years in numbers, in utility, and in scientific estim- 

 ation, had reached the highest point yet attained. At the 

 last meeting, when Professor Poulton vacated the office which 

 he had filled with so much distinction, two past Presidents of 

 the Society appropriately bore testimony to his services ; it 

 would not be inappropriate if he took the opportunity which 

 this meeting afforded him of saying how cordially he con- 

 curred in all that was then said. The Presidency of one so 

 widely known, and so appreciated in all parts of the world 

 where biological research, united with powers of exposition, 

 was valued, reflected honour on the Society with which he 

 was thus associated. In the speaker's little research work he 

 had had the kindest help from Professor Poulton, and he might 

 add that also of the many other Fellows who had taken the 

 leading part in the work of the Society. With their con- 

 tinued aid and support he hoped he might be able to perform 

 the duty which was incumbent on every one who filled that 



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