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  necessary 
  in 
  virgin 
  forests, 
  where 
  railroads, 
  coaches, 
  or 
  even 
  stage 
  

   wagons 
  are 
  unknown, 
  is 
  in 
  itself 
  a 
  formidable 
  item 
  of 
  expenditure, 
  

   and 
  requires 
  almost 
  incessant 
  labour 
  to 
  procure 
  suflScient 
  specimens 
  

   for 
  their 
  sale 
  to 
  supply 
  a 
  bare 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  cost. 
  Gladly 
  would 
  I 
  

   induce 
  even 
  those 
  entomologists 
  who 
  are 
  not 
  forming 
  collections 
  of 
  

   foreign 
  insects 
  to 
  bear 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  burden, 
  and 
  to 
  contribute 
  their 
  

   mite 
  towards 
  promoting 
  a 
  cause 
  which 
  must 
  tend 
  so 
  materially 
  to 
  the 
  

   advance 
  of 
  our 
  science. 
  But 
  Mr. 
  Bates, 
  like 
  Mr. 
  Wallace, 
  has 
  con- 
  

   tributed 
  observation 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  manual 
  industry 
  : 
  he 
  has 
  given 
  us 
  

   valuable 
  information 
  on 
  economy, 
  and, 
  in 
  his 
  zeal 
  for 
  the 
  acquisition 
  

   of 
  specimens, 
  has 
  not 
  failed 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  needful 
  commentary 
  on 
  their 
  

   habits 
  and 
  manners, 
  their 
  food 
  and 
  their 
  metamorphoses. 
  

  

  I 
  must 
  also 
  mention, 
  and 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  with 
  profound 
  

   gratitude, 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  our 
  corresponding 
  member, 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  

   Jones 
  Stevens, 
  of 
  Bogota 
  : 
  the 
  exhibitions 
  of 
  this 
  gentleman's 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  insects 
  have 
  added 
  interest 
  to 
  our 
  meetings, 
  and 
  the 
  presentation 
  

   of 
  them 
  has 
  greatly 
  enriched 
  our 
  collection. 
  

  

  Neither 
  must 
  I 
  forget 
  Mr. 
  Edgar 
  Leopold 
  Layard, 
  now 
  present 
  at 
  

   our 
  meeting, 
  who 
  has 
  lately 
  made 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  Cingalese 
  

   Lepidoptera, 
  including 
  an 
  unusual 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  species, 
  

   particularly 
  Pyralina. 
  

  

  The 
  records 
  and 
  the 
  collections 
  to 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  alluding, 
  

   principally 
  British, 
  but 
  occasionally 
  exotic, 
  have 
  combined 
  with 
  

   others 
  of 
  economical 
  or 
  descriptive 
  character 
  to 
  enhance 
  the 
  interest 
  

   and 
  attraction 
  of 
  our 
  meetings 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  rejoice 
  to 
  observe 
  that 
  these 
  

   are 
  invariably 
  well 
  attended. 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  Society 
  in 
  which 
  tlie 
  

   average 
  attendance 
  is 
  so 
  large 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  number 
  of 
  

   members 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  leads 
  me 
  to 
  remark 
  on 
  our 
  acquisitions 
  and 
  losses 
  

   under 
  this 
  head. 
  

  

  Five 
  years 
  ago 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  desirable 
  to 
  institute 
  a 
  second 
  class 
  

   of 
  members, 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Subscribers 
  was 
  applied. 
  During 
  

   the 
  past 
  year 
  we 
  have 
  elected 
  ten 
  members 
  and 
  nine 
  subscribers, 
  and 
  

   1 
  regret 
  to 
  say 
  have 
  lost 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  four 
  members 
  and 
  ten 
  sub- 
  

   scribers, 
  thus 
  giving 
  us 
  a 
  gain 
  on 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  six 
  members, 
  and 
  a 
  

   loss 
  of 
  one 
  subscriber. 
  With 
  a 
  single 
  exception, 
  our 
  losses 
  have 
  

   occurred 
  from 
  resignation 
  or 
  default 
  of 
  payment 
  ; 
  the 
  exception 
  is 
  

   Mr. 
  William 
  Lancey, 
  whose 
  death 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  lament. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  William 
  Lancey 
  was 
  elected 
  on 
  the 
  5th 
  of 
  April, 
  1852, 
  and 
  

   towards 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  month, 
  having 
  accepted 
  an 
  aj^point- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  the 
  engineer's 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Indian 
  Railway 
  Company, 
  

   left 
  this 
  country 
  for 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  his 
  employment. 
  In 
  April 
  last, 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  