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only due, of his patriotic devotion to the Entomological Society 
of London, it is right to place beside it the “ Entomologist’s 
Monthly Magazine” which he served with equal zeal. He 
acted as an Editor from the very commencement in 1864, and 
upon the death of H. T. Stainton in 1902 became proprietor. 
It is not necessary on this occasion to do more than allude 
to the long list of valuable memoirs, chiefly dealing with the 
Neuroptera, but by no means confined to this Order, which 
came from his pen. They were communicated to the scientific 
literature of many lands, and their author received from 
numerous scientific Societies on the Continent the highest 
honour which is in their hand to bestow. His election to the 
Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1877 took place in the 
midst of the years during which his Monographie Revision of 
the Trichoptera was being given to the world, and is an 
interesting indication of the instant recognition won by that 
great work. 
I have not thought it necessary or even advisable on this 
occasion to repeat the whole of the interesting details of 
McLachlan’s life and work which are to be found elsewhere.* 
Here, and in the special circumstances of his death while still 
holding the reins of office, I have preferred to speak chiefly of 
his relations to this Society, and of the circumstances which 
contributed to make him so valuable a member of our 
community. I trust I have been able to bring before you 
some of the reasons for the high honour that will ever be due 
to the memory of the warm friend the Society has lost. 
CHARLES GOLDING Barrerr joined the Society in 1884. By 
his death on December 11 we lose one of our most valued 
Fellows and an indefatigable worker. He was born at 
Colyton, Devonshire, on May 5, 1836, and entered the Civil 
Service in June 1856. He passed through the usual stages of 
promotion up to 1875, when he was appointed a Supervisor 
of Excise. In 1884 he was promoted to an Inspectorship, and 
was made a Collector of Inland Revenue at Lynn in July 
1886. He was further promoted to a first-class Inspectorship 
* “¥Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine,” July 1904, pp. 145-148. The 
Royal Society. Obituary. ‘‘ Entomological News,” September 1904, 
pp. 226, 227. 
