ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB. 



Sitting of the 16th November, 1836. 



Present, — Messrs. Bennett, W. Christy, Davis, E. Doubleday, 

 Hoyer, Showell, and Newman. 



Mr. Davis in the Chair. 



After the minutes of the last sitting had been read, a discus- 

 sion of some length took place, as to the propriety of publishing 

 the minutes of the Entomological Club. Mr. W. Christy 

 observed, that as no notice whatever was taken of the proceed- 

 ings of the Entomological Society, he thought the publication 

 of the minutes of the Club might be construed, by those who 

 were disposed to cavil, into something like an act of hostility. 

 Mr. Christy had not the slightest wish to shun publicity, as he 

 was sure that the more widely the acts of the Club were 

 known, the more they would be approved ; but he questioned 

 the expediency of publication, at a time when all notice of 

 the Entomological Society was abandoned. 



Mr. Bennett thought that the better way of getting rid of all 

 such appearance of hostility, — he said appearance, for he knew 

 of no hostility whatever existing towards the Society on the 

 part of the Club, — was to notice the proceedings of the Society ; 

 and he regretted that such notice had been abandoned. 



Mr. Davis inquired who would undertake to attend the 

 meetings of the Society, in order to take minutes of the pro- 

 ceedings. 



Mr. Newman said, that there was a great difficulty in ob- 

 taining any correct information on the subject (especially as to 

 the list of donations ;) and this was the only reason why, as 

 Editor of the Entomological Magazine, he had not noticed the 

 Society's proceedings. The accounts prepared for the morning 

 papers were, to use the mildest term, grossly erroneous. A 

 recent report he had seen, stated that Mr. Curtis, F.L.S., took 

 the chair at the October meeting: he found, on inquiry, that 

 Mr. Curtis not only had never presided, but was not a mem- 

 ber of the Society. It would never do to copy this as correct 

 information. 



The Curator read the following list of donations : — 



Mr. A. Ingpen, of London. A portrait of the late Mr.. 

 Haworth. 



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