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influence in the county have consented to become Vice-Presidents, and 

 arrangements are in progress which — with the zealous prosecution of 

 research shown by the members hitherto — augur a successful and useful 

 future. At the meeting referred to a very large number of cases, containing 

 specimens of local and exotic Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, were exhibited. 

 Sir J. T. D. Llewellyn, Bart., contributed some of the gems of his magnifi- 

 cent collection, supposed to be the most complete in Wales, or the West of 

 England ; Mr. Evan John, J.P., of Llantrissant, sent a collection of the rarer 

 Lepidoptera of Glamorganshire ; Mr. G. C. Griffiths, of Bristol, forwarded 

 some cases of exotic Lepidoptera : these, added to the extensive collections 

 of several of the members, formed an Exhibition which has not hitherto 

 been equalled in this part of the kingdom. During the evening the Rev. 

 J. H. Hodson, B.A.., gave an interesting address on the uses and pleasures 

 of Entomological study, and referred to the destruction of the Scale Insect, 

 in the orange groves of California, by the importation of Coccinellidae. 

 He also alluded to the pleasure derivable from the study of the habits of 

 ants and beetles, and to the interesting topic of insect mimicry. Mr. J. 

 Storrie, Curator of Cardiff Museum, displayed, by the aid of several 

 microscopes, a number of beautifully prepared sections of insects, and other 

 microscopic objects. The members of the Society are actively engaged in 

 preparing a list of local Lepidoptera, which it is hoped will be of some 

 value as a contribution to Entomological Science. 



OBITUARY. 



Dr. R. C. R. Jordan, late of Edgbaston, Birmingham, died on the 

 24th of May, at Teignmouth, Devon, his native place. His grandfather 

 was a banker in that town ; his father a solicitor, the head of a firm which 

 still flourishes there. Dr. Jordan himself was born in 1825, and had 

 therefore nearly completed his 65th year. He received his early education 

 at Exeter Grammar School, whence he proceeded to King's College, London. 

 Here he soon distinguished himself, carrying off, among others, the Warne- 

 ford prize, and was shortly appointed house-physician to King's College 

 Hospital. Later on, when in 1852 he took his M.B. degree, he was 

 awarded the gold medal for proficiency in physiology. For thirty-three 

 years Dr. Jordan practised as a physician in Birmingham, winning the 

 esteem and friendship of high and low alike. For the necessitous poor, 

 indeed, he had especial tenderness and regard; he often would return 

 professional fees when he thought the circumstances of his patients 

 rendered payment onerous ; and there were perhaps few men in the 

 profession — so writes the ' Birmingham Daily Post,' from which many of 

 the particulars about Dr. Jordan's life have been derived — who did more 

 gratuitous work. Such a habit, though it brought practice and ensured 

 gratitude, did not lead to an adequate professional income ; and when at 

 last his health gave way, and it became necessary for him to leave the 

 Midlands, and seek rest and invigoration from the balmy air of his native 

 place, the affection felt for him by his friends found vent in a private sub- 

 scription, as a parting testimonial to the man who had spent himself so 

 freely for the general good. Unhappily, as the event proved, the change 

 came too late, and the hopes that had been indulged in of his recovery 



