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entomological and other virtues. I am sure he will make an 

 ideal President, and I think you will all agree that we not 

 only grant him leave of absence, but also wish him the best 

 of good luck on his enterprise. 



Turning to matters outside this Society, I may say that 

 entomologists in general, and Micro-lepidopterists in par- 

 ticular, are extremely pleased to learn that Lord Walsingham 

 is shortly handing over to the British Museum his magnifi- 

 cent collection of Micro-lepidoptera. Without any doubt 

 this is the finest and most complete collection of its kind in 

 the world, and will constitute the greatest of Lord Wal- 

 singham's many generous gifts to the Natural History 

 Museum. 



I am sorry to have to record the death of one of our 

 members. John Tolhurst, J. P., F.S.A., died on October gth 

 last, at the age of seventy-five. Joining in 1895, he was at 

 one time a regular attendant at our meetings, but after the 

 death of his friend, the late J. J. Weir, we saw him less 

 frequently. He continued, however, a generous supporter 

 of our Societ}^ taking an interest in natural history up to the 

 time of his decease. 



Henry William Barker, very well known to many of you, 

 I regret to say passed away September 21st, igog, at the age 

 of forty-nine. He was from 1886 to 1893 our Hon. Secre- 

 tary, and the prosperity of the Society during those years 

 was in no small measure due to his energy- He joined the 

 Entomological Society in 1887. His studies lay with the 

 British Macro-lepidoptera, of which he formed a very good 

 collection. 



To those who studied the European Rhopalocera in the 

 early eighties the death of the Rev. Henry Charles Lang, 

 M.D., on December 20th, came as a shock. Though of late 

 years we have had nothing important from his pen, that 

 beautiful book, " Rhopalocera Europa," published in 1884, 

 will always serve to keep his name in memory. I think that 

 the sight of these coloured plates incited many collectors to 

 extend their activity to continental areas. 



Edward T. Connold, F.Z.S., F.E.S., passed away at 

 Hastings on January gth, igio, at the age of forty-seven. 

 He wTOte several books, but his three on British galls are 

 perhaps the best known. He will be much missed by the 

 members of the scientific societies of his native town. 



The annual instalment of Mr. Taylor's " Monograph of 

 the Land and Fresh-Water Mollusca of the British Isles " 

 duly appeared last October. In this Part, XVI, the Helicidce 



