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  various 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  order: 
  also 
  of 
  Memoirs 
  on 
  the 
  ha- 
  

   bits 
  of 
  the 
  hornet 
  {Vespa 
  Crabro), 
  and 
  of 
  Lampyris 
  hemiptera 
  : 
  and 
  

   (in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  his 
  friend 
  Kunze, 
  whose 
  decease 
  I 
  had 
  to 
  record 
  

   in 
  my 
  Address 
  of 
  last 
  year) 
  of 
  a 
  ' 
  Monograph 
  of 
  Scydmaenus,' 
  in 
  the 
  

   Acta 
  Natur. 
  Scrut. 
  Lips. 
  i. 
  1823. 
  He 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  chief 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  

   * 
  Entomologische 
  Hefte' 
  (8vo. 
  1803), 
  containing 
  Monographs 
  on 
  Hal- 
  

   tica, 
  Hister, 
  Dorcatoma, 
  &c. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  still 
  further 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  deaths 
  of 
  several 
  less 
  known 
  foreign 
  

   entomologists 
  : 
  namely, 
  M. 
  Robyns 
  of 
  Brussels, 
  the 
  possesser 
  of 
  a 
  

   collection 
  of 
  rare 
  and 
  splendid 
  insects, 
  and 
  other 
  productions 
  of 
  nature 
  

   and 
  art; 
  of 
  M. 
  Pierret, 
  sen., 
  who 
  died 
  on 
  the 
  11th 
  of 
  November, 
  1851 
  ; 
  

   M. 
  Blisson 
  of 
  Le 
  Mans, 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  several 
  short 
  papers 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  An- 
  

   nales 
  de 
  la 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  de 
  France,' 
  who 
  died 
  on 
  the 
  31st 
  of 
  December, 
  

   1851 
  ; 
  Herr 
  Beske, 
  the 
  well 
  known 
  collector 
  of 
  insects, 
  long 
  resident 
  

   in 
  Brazil 
  ; 
  and 
  lastly, 
  M. 
  Vaillant, 
  an 
  excellent 
  entomological 
  artist, 
  

   whose 
  figures 
  (too 
  few 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  published) 
  exhibit 
  a 
  free- 
  

   dom 
  from 
  artistic 
  mannerism 
  very 
  rarely 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  now, 
  Gentlemen, 
  to 
  draw 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  pro- 
  

   gress 
  of 
  entomological 
  literature 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  in 
  which, 
  as 
  in 
  

   my 
  previous 
  Anniversary 
  Address, 
  I 
  shall 
  aga^ 
  arrange 
  my 
  notices 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  orders 
  and 
  families, 
  as 
  being 
  by 
  

   far 
  the 
  most 
  satisfactory 
  and 
  easy 
  of 
  reference. 
  Before 
  commencing 
  

   this, 
  however, 
  which 
  is 
  added 
  as 
  an 
  Appendix 
  to 
  this 
  Address, 
  I 
  must 
  

   again 
  beg 
  leave 
  to 
  thank 
  you 
  for 
  the 
  kindness 
  with 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  

   supported 
  me 
  in 
  this 
  chair, 
  and 
  to 
  express 
  a 
  hope 
  that 
  my 
  zeal 
  for 
  

   Entomology 
  in 
  general, 
  and 
  this 
  Society 
  in 
  particular, 
  may 
  be 
  pleaded 
  

   as 
  an 
  excuse 
  against 
  any 
  short-comings 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  

   during 
  my 
  period 
  of 
  service 
  as 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  

   of 
  London. 
  

  

  Insects 
  in 
  general. 
  

  

  Biographical 
  and 
  Bibliographical 
  Notices. 
  — 
  I 
  cannot 
  open 
  my 
  Bibliogra- 
  

   phical 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  with 
  a 
  more 
  interesting 
  or 
  important 
  work 
  than 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Life 
  of 
  the 
  Rev. 
  William 
  Kirby, 
  M.A., 
  F.R.S., 
  F.L.S., 
  &c., 
  Rector 
  of 
  Barbara.' 
  By 
  

   John 
  Freeman, 
  M.A., 
  Rural 
  Dean, 
  &c. 
  As 
  a 
  zealous 
  country 
  clergyman, 
  Mr. 
  Kir- 
  

   by's 
  life 
  did 
  not, 
  of 
  course, 
  offer 
  many 
  striking 
  events 
  for 
  his 
  biographer; 
  but 
  the 
  state 
  

   of 
  the 
  science 
  seventy 
  years 
  ago, 
  when 
  even 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society 
  was 
  not 
  established, 
  

   and 
  its 
  gradual 
  progress 
  to 
  its 
  present 
  state, 
  when 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  Linnean, 
  but 
  a 
  

   Zoological 
  and 
  an 
  Entomological 
  Society, 
  an 
  Entomological 
  Club, 
  and 
  a 
  Practical 
  

   Entomological 
  Association, 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  to 
  say 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  foreign 
  Entomo- 
  

   logical 
  Societies 
  abroad, 
  are 
  so 
  fully 
  developed 
  in 
  the 
  pages 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  before 
  us, 
  

   as 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  it 
  a 
  very 
  high 
  value. 
  The 
  correspondence 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Kirby 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  

  

  