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  And 
  now, 
  Gentlemen, 
  it 
  only 
  remains 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  thank 
  you 
  for 
  your 
  

   very 
  indulgent 
  attention. 
  I 
  am 
  well 
  aware 
  how 
  imperfect 
  my 
  brief 
  

   address 
  must 
  appear 
  when 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  learned 
  and 
  detailed 
  

   summaries 
  prepared 
  by 
  my 
  predecessors 
  : 
  but 
  I 
  trust 
  entirely 
  to 
  your 
  

   kindness 
  in 
  avoiiiing 
  comparisons, 
  and 
  in 
  accepting 
  my 
  humble 
  

   attempt 
  to 
  express 
  opinions, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  Society 
  is 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  

   pledged, 
  and 
  which 
  I 
  earnestly 
  desire 
  may 
  only 
  pass 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  an 
  

   individual 
  member. 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Library 
  and 
  Cabinet 
  Committee 
  for 
  1853. 
  

  

  The 
  various 
  donations 
  of 
  British 
  insects 
  naade 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  have 
  

   been 
  incorporated 
  with 
  the 
  Collection. 
  Both 
  British 
  and 
  foreign 
  insects 
  remain 
  in 
  a 
  

   good 
  state 
  of 
  preservation. 
  

  

  The 
  grouping 
  of 
  the 
  foreigu 
  Lepidoptera 
  has 
  been 
  commenced, 
  and 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  

   progress 
  ; 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  pleasure 
  to 
  announce 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Hewitson 
  has 
  named 
  the 
  

   Diurnes 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  by 
  T. 
  J. 
  Stevens, 
  Esq., 
  and 
  has 
  promised 
  his 
  valua- 
  

   ble 
  assistance 
  in 
  naming 
  the 
  butterflies 
  in 
  the 
  Society's 
  Collection. 
  If 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  such 
  

   of 
  the 
  Members 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  could 
  

   be 
  obtained, 
  the 
  naming 
  of 
  them 
  would 
  be 
  greatly 
  accelerated. 
  

  

  The 
  Curator 
  is 
  still 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  the 
  duplicates 
  from 
  the 
  general 
  

   collection 
  of 
  Coleoptera. 
  Mr. 
  Jekel 
  has 
  afforded 
  valuable 
  assistance 
  in 
  naming 
  the 
  

   exotic 
  Curculionidee 
  ; 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  thank 
  Mr. 
  Walerhouse 
  for 
  cleaning 
  and 
  setting 
  

   several 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  family, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Westwood 
  for 
  the 
  commencement 
  he 
  has 
  

   made 
  in 
  examining 
  and 
  selecting 
  from 
  the 
  Javanese 
  collection 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Spence. 
  

  

  For 
  want 
  of 
  funds 
  at 
  our 
  disposal 
  no 
  books 
  have 
  been 
  bound 
  this 
  year, 
  but 
  as 
  some 
  

   require 
  it, 
  we 
  recommend 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  done 
  during 
  the 
  next 
  year, 
  if 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society 
  will 
  permit. 
  

  

  The 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Books 
  in 
  the 
  Library, 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  "Authors," 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  complete 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  portion, 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  " 
  Subjects," 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  

   proceeded 
  with. 
  

  

  (Signed) 
  

  

  J. 
  W. 
  DOUGLAS. 
  

   E. 
  W. 
  JANSON. 
  

   EDWIN 
  SHEPHERD. 
  

   A. 
  F. 
  SHEPPARD. 
  

   S. 
  J. 
  WILKINSON. 
  

  

  