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coleopterous insect, taken in Spitalfielcls' Market, and 

 not previously recorded as British. Two specimens of 

 Trichoptcryx ambigua, taken by Mr. Ryder, of which 

 only six or seven examples are known to exist. 

 Mr. Perkins, a Plusia orichalcea, taken at Wotton-under- 

 Edge. Various Hymenoptera and Diptera from the 

 New Forest ; Cantharis vesicatorius — the Spanish blister 

 beetle — from Freshwater Bay. 

 The less common orders that have been so industriously worked by 

 the two last-named gentlemen induces the hope that their example 

 may be followed by an ever-increasing number of our Members — 

 that Entomology may be looked upon more as a whole, and not 

 confined to one or two interesting but well nigh exhausted groups 

 — I mean, of course, exhausted only so far as Great Britain is con- 

 cerned. This will not only improve the annals of our Society, but 

 will present additional inducements to outsiders to join us, by 

 the variety of entertainment and the larger scope for exchange of 

 ideas and information that we shall have to offer. 



And when all other topics are exhausted, there will still be one, 

 if we may judge from the past, that will never fail to evoke a 

 lively interest. I need scarcely say that I allude to the publica- 

 tion of an Insect Fauna List of Kent and Surrey. I will not here 

 dive into the intricate windings of this mazy topic, lest I should 

 lose "my way and never emerge. Personally I was disappointed at 

 the result of our deliberations, but I gave in cheerfully, as we 

 always should do, to the ruling of the majority, feeling that " it's 

 an ill wind that blows nobody any good," and what I and those 

 who thought with me lost in one way was gained in another, as 

 the noble list of works added to our library will testify. I have rea- 

 son to believe also that the subject of the Fauna List will ere long 

 be presented to you in a new and probably more acceptable light. 

 It only remains for me now, gentlemen, to thank you for the 

 patience with which you have listened to this address, and for the 

 great kindness and courtesy I have received from one and all of 

 you, and notably from the officers of the Society, in the discharge 

 of my duties. 



Maim ix Rurokss & Co.. Printers, Ashby Road, Brockley Bond, S.E. 



7 3 NOV 1888 



