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"I have to suggest that Prof. Westwood be made titular Life-President 

 of the Society. There is no man to whom we as a body owe so much. An 

 Original Member, he has never failed us ; during the crucial period of our 

 childhood he was the motive power, the life and soul of the Society ; for 

 fourteen consecutive years he was Secretary, and for part of that time he 

 was Curator also. The Council has seldom been complete without him ; 

 he has been Vice-President times without number, and during six years 

 (1851-52, 72-73, 76-77) he was our President. Whilst he resided in or 

 near London, he rarely missed one of our meetings ; even Oxford cannot 

 keep him away from us; and there is not a single year from first to last 

 that he has not been a contributor to our ' Transactions.' From 1827 to 

 the present time his pen and his pencil have never been idle ; his papers 

 are scattered broadcast over the scientific publications of this and other 

 countries ; and to single out a few of his more important works it is 

 enough to mention the ' Introduction to the Modern Classification of 

 Insects' (1839-40), the 'Arcana Entomologica ' (1841-45), the 'Cabinet 

 of Oriental Entomology' (1818), the 'Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera' 

 (1852), and the 'Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxonieusis' (1874). What do 

 we not owe to Westwood's ' Introduction '? has it not been to many of the 

 present generation of entomologists the very fountain and sole source of 

 their scientific views ? His labours have ranged over the whole domain 

 of our Science. Specialists may excel in their own particular groups, but 

 as a general entomologist have we a man to compare with him ? I ask you 

 to confer upon him a title which will be a standing record of the esteem 

 in which we hold him, and which throughout the evening of his days shall 

 assure him of our affectionate respect." 



This proposal was carried by acclamation, and Professor Westwood was 

 declared Honorary Life-President of the Society. 



A Special Meeting was then convened, pursuant to a requisition pre- 

 sented to the President and Council, for the consideration of certain proposed 

 alterations in the Bye-Laws, which had been read at the three preceding 

 meetings of the Society. Alterations were decided upon to the effect that 

 in future no Subscriber or Corresponding Member shall be elected ; and 

 that every Member who has paid the annual contribution shall be entitled 

 to a copy of the ' Transactions' published during the year. — E. A. Fitch, 

 Hon. Secretary. 



