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valuable. He was on the staff of the British Museum, and 

 was a keen, all-round naturalist. He died on February gth, 

 at the age of 44. 



Alfred Beaumont, F.E.S., was formerly a member of our 

 Society. He was one of the oldest field-naturalists in the 

 country. His studies in natural history covered a wide 

 field, including the Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, 

 Neuroptera, and Diptera. He discovered many species of 

 insects which were new to the British List, some of them 

 being new to science. He was elected a Fellow of the 

 Entomological Society as far back as 1851, and was an 

 intimate friend of Stainton. He died on February 21st, in 

 his 74th year. 



The name of John William Douglas carries us back to the 

 time of some of our early workers in entomology. He was 

 born at Putney in 1814, and died on August 28th last, in his 

 gist year. His earlier writings appeared in the " Entomolo- 

 gist's Weekly Intelligencer." "The World of Insects, a 

 Guide to its Wonders " appeared in 1856. He was asso- 

 ciated with Stainton in the " Natural History of the Tineina." 

 With the late John Scott he was joint author of "The British 

 Hemiptera," published by the Ray Society. At the time of 

 his death he was the oldest Fellow of the Entomological 

 Society and oldest on the staff of the " Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine." 



G. B. Buckton, F.R.S., etc., died on September 25th, in 

 his 88th year. His monographs on the " British Aphides," 

 " British Cicadse or Tettigidae," and his most recent " Mono- 

 graph of the Membracidas" are his best known entomological 

 works. 



Our finances, under the care of our Treasurer, remain in a 

 sound condition. 



The attendance at our ordinary meetings has been well up 

 to the average. 



The number of field meetings was less than in recent 

 years ; as is always the case, they were much enjoyed by 

 those who attended them. 



One of the most interesting and useful parts of our meet- 

 ings is the exhibition of specimens and the remarks on them. 

 I am afraid this part of our work is not as fully entered into 

 by many of our members as it should be. Some rarely fail 

 to bring up something of interest to each meeting, while 

 others are content to be always spectators. I know that 

 some members have the idea that the things they catch or 

 breed are very ordinary, and they think there is no particular 



