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For years he gave close attention to rearing larvae, and was 

 thus enabled to leave behind him the life histories of a good 

 many of our rarer species, amongst which I may mention 

 Nola ccntonalis and Acidalia ochrata. As a field companion 

 he was a most pleasant acquaintance. His intimate know- 

 ledge of botany added not a little to the enjoyment of a 

 walk in his company. To use the words of our Treasurer, 

 he died " regretted by all who knew him, and most by those 

 who knew him best." 



Another old member we have lost during the year is Mr. 

 G. H. HiCKLiNG, who joined the Society in 1878, but has not, 

 as far as I am aware, been a very active member, at any 

 rate of late years. Of Mr. R. A. Clark, M.A., who joined 

 the Society in 1890, and died during the summer, I have no 

 knowledge. 



Mr. James Mortimer Adye, F.E.S., died at Bournemouth 

 on 13th March, 1895, at the early age of thirty-five years. 

 Mr. Adye was elected a member of our Society in 1886, and 

 was well known as a diligent student and collector of the 

 flora and fauna of the New Forest district. It seems that 

 Mr. Adye contracted a severe cold during the previous 

 autumn when collecting in the New Forest, and neglected 

 it, with fatal results, it being followed by pneumonia and 

 pleurisy, and finally by phthisis. 



I will now briefly refer to some eminent biologists and 

 workers outside the Society who have been removed from 

 their labours by death during the past year. 



Professor Charles Valentine Riley, M.A., etc. The 

 sudden news of Professor Riley's death, the result of a fall 

 from his bicycle, which occurred at Washington on September 

 14th, was a shock to us all. Many of our members had the 

 privilege of meeting Professor Riley at the London Entomo- 

 logical Society, and most of us have made his acquaintance 

 through his numerous publications. He was born at Chelsea 

 in 18.43, and had as one of his early friends the late Mr. W. 

 C. Hewitson, who may very possibly have given him that 

 ardent taste for collecting and drawing insects which he has 

 so conspicuously exhibited throughout his career. At a 

 comparatively early age he ran away from home and mi- 

 grated to America. After filling various occupations, in 1868 

 he started, conjointly with the late D. Walsh, the " American 

 Entomologist," and shortly afterwards accepted the position 

 of State Entomologist for Missouri. From 1881 to 1894 he 

 was Government Entomologist for the United States, during 

 which time he published many reports, and especially the 



