XXXV 



Guide to the names and addresses of every recognised Entomo- 

 logist in the United Kingdom, and a standard authority for 

 reference on all occasions. 



I would, however, venture to anticipate that, by the establish- 

 ment of our Library in a more commodious site, by bringmg the 

 same into juxtaposition with our meeting-room, and by improving 

 the opportunities of consulting our books in these and other 

 respects, the additional expenses thereby incurred will be amply 

 compensated by such an influx of new members as will serve to 

 inaugurate a new era of prosperity in connexion therewith. 



OBITUAKY. 



During the period aforesaid Entomology has had to deplore 

 the loss of several distinguished devotees, to whose memory a 

 tributary record is due on the present occasion. 



Dr. JoHAN WiLHELM Zetterstedt, Professor of Zoology at the 

 University of Lund, born the 20th May, 1785, who died on the 

 23rd December last, in his ninetieth year, as announced at our 

 last meeting, was elected an honorary member of this Society, 

 April 7th, 1851. His 'Fauna Lisectorum Lapponica,' published 

 in 1828, and his 'Insecta Lapponica descripta,' in 1840, together 

 with other publications of merit, served to render his name con- 

 spicuous, ere he commenced his great work in fourteen volumes, 

 intituled, ' Diptera Scandinavise disposita et descripta,' pubhshed 

 in eleven consecutive years, from 1842 to 1852, with subsequent 

 additions thereto in 1855, 1859, and 1860, when his advanced age 

 appears to have prescribed a termination to his literary career. 



Dr. Herrich-Sch^ffee, of Eatisbon, another veteran among 

 European Entomologists, died on the 14th April, 1874, aged 

 seventy-five. Among his earHer productions we may note the 

 continuation of Panzer's celebrated 'Fauna Insectorum Ger- 

 manica,' which he carried on for several years ; but his magnificent 

 work, ' SystematischeBearbeitung der SchmetterlingevonEuropa,' 

 in six quarto volumes, illustrated with a vast number of plates, 

 the greater part coloured, commenced in 1843, and completed in 

 1856, will best serve to immortalize his name. Unfortunately, his 

 collection, as stated by Professor Westwood at one of our recent 

 meetings, has been left in a deplorable condition, the type speci- 

 mens literally falling to pieces from lapsing periods of infirmity 

 and neglect. 



