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  which 
  he 
  retained 
  his 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  last, 
  being 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  

   most 
  extensive 
  ever 
  got 
  together. 
  Mr. 
  Janson, 
  though 
  

   well 
  versed 
  in 
  entomological 
  literature, 
  and 
  possessing 
  a 
  very 
  

   valuable 
  library, 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  voluminous 
  writer, 
  his 
  chief 
  

   contributions 
  to 
  science 
  being 
  upon 
  matters 
  connected 
  

   with 
  British 
  Coleoptera. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  he 
  was 
  closely 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  which 
  he 
  

   joined 
  in 
  1843. 
  From 
  1850 
  to 
  1863 
  he 
  held 
  the 
  post 
  of 
  

   Curator 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  then 
  possessed 
  by 
  the 
  Society, 
  and 
  

   was 
  Librarian 
  until 
  1874. 
  He 
  was 
  also 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Secretaries 
  

   from 
  1857 
  to 
  1861. 
  His 
  collection 
  of 
  British 
  Coleoptera 
  

   passed, 
  I 
  believe, 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  into 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  his 
  

   intimate 
  friend 
  G. 
  E. 
  Crotch, 
  and 
  was 
  bequeathed 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  

   the 
  University 
  of 
  Cambridge. 
  His 
  collection 
  of 
  ElateridcE, 
  

   in 
  which 
  he 
  took 
  such 
  pride, 
  will 
  pass 
  eventually 
  into 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Ferdinand 
  Gkut, 
  our 
  late 
  Honorary 
  Librarian, 
  died, 
  to 
  the 
  

   great 
  regret 
  of 
  us 
  all, 
  on 
  July 
  19th 
  of 
  last 
  year. 
  He 
  joined 
  

   the 
  Society 
  in 
  1846, 
  acted 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  Secretaries 
  from 
  1871 
  

   to 
  1878, 
  when 
  he 
  undertook 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  Honorary 
  Librarian, 
  

   and 
  continued 
  in 
  that 
  office 
  until 
  his 
  death. 
  His 
  chief 
  study 
  

   was 
  Coleoptera, 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  Geodephaga, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  

   possessed 
  an 
  extensive 
  collection. 
  As 
  Librarian, 
  Mr. 
  Grut 
  

   was 
  very 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  us 
  all, 
  and 
  his 
  patient, 
  unfailing 
  

   attention 
  to 
  his 
  duties 
  will 
  long 
  be 
  remembered. 
  The 
  want 
  

   of 
  a 
  printed 
  catalogue 
  of 
  our 
  books 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  felt, 
  and 
  

   some 
  time 
  ago 
  it 
  was 
  determined 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  catalogue 
  should 
  

   be 
  prepared. 
  This 
  arduous 
  task 
  Mr. 
  Grut 
  undertook 
  to 
  

   perform, 
  and 
  he 
  had, 
  I 
  believe, 
  made 
  some 
  progress 
  with 
  

   the 
  MS., 
  when 
  his 
  work 
  was 
  interrupted 
  by 
  illness, 
  and 
  

   finally 
  arrested 
  by 
  his 
  death. 
  This 
  catalogue, 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   hoped, 
  may 
  some 
  day 
  be 
  completed. 
  

  

  Edmond 
  Andr6, 
  whose 
  death 
  was 
  recorded 
  last 
  year, 
  joined 
  

   our 
  Society 
  in 
  1880. 
  He 
  lived 
  at 
  Beaune 
  (Cote 
  d'Or), 
  and 
  

   carried 
  on 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  an 
  Entomological 
  Bookseller 
  and 
  

   General 
  Natural 
  History 
  Agent. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  he 
  worked 
  

   assiduously 
  at 
  Hymenoptera, 
  and 
  published 
  many 
  papers 
  

   and 
  notes 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  His 
  chief 
  work 
  was 
  " 
  Species 
  des 
  

   Hymenopteres 
  d'Europe 
  et 
  d'Algerie," 
  commenced 
  in 
  1879, 
  

  

  