THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 23 
that the beneficial influences resulting therefrom will not be 
confined to those only who now muster in our ranks, but will 
also constitute a source of attraction to others. Arrangements 
have likewise been made whereby, as already intimated in 
convening this meeting, our Library will be open to Members 
and Subscribers every Monday from two to seven o’clock, as 
heretofore, and on every Wednesday and Friday from two to 
five o’clock, instead of one day in the week. I must also 
bring under your notice that we are indebted to the liberality 
of one of our Members for a further proof of the interest which 
he has on several occasions exhibited on behalf of this 
Society, in providing for the entire expense of transferring 
our Library to this locality, as well as of the glazed book- 
cases and fittings requisite for its reception. In connection 
with these ameliorations it has been found necessary to alter 
the days hitherto appointed for our meetings from Monday to 
Wednesday, the former day in each week being already 
appropriated to the meetings of the Medical Society. Our 
Anniversary Meeting, however, will still be held on the third 
Monday in January, as prescribed by the Bye-Laws, but at 
an earlier hour,—namely, five o’clock in the afternoon. It 
has also been deemed opportune to revert to the former 
custom, as originally provided by the founders of this Society, 
of holding our meetings in the first week of each month 
throughout the year, instead of having certain bi-monthly 
meetings to obviate the difficulty arising from the closing of 
the rooms at Burlington House during the summer recess. 
Having thus adverted to the changes, made with a view to 
promote the interests of this Society and the convenience of 
its Members, I would further draw your attention to the 
expansion which it has been deemed advisable to give to the 
usual custom of introducing friends at our meetings, by 
throwing open our doors to all entomologists indiscriminately 
on this occasion as appertaining to one and the same system, 
actuated by corresponding impulses, and influenced by 
similar attractions in common with ourselves. Our policy is 
not one of exclusiveness, but rather that of fostering and 
developing new sources of emulation from within and from 
without, which can best be effected by cultivating a closer 
intimacy with those who are fellow-labourers in the same 
field. To all such we tender a hearty welcome. I would 
venture, in conclusion, to suggest to some few of our most 
