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memorial to his memory, in which the town council of Banff 

 are taking a leading part. 



John Arthur Power, M.D. By the death of Dr. Power, 

 which took place at Bedford, on Thursday, June ioth, 

 Entomologists, and especially Coleopterists, have lost a 

 good friend and an ardent worker. To his energy and 

 perseverance we are indebted for many additions to our 

 list of British Coleoptera ; and numbers of species, pre- 

 viously regarded as great rarities, were, by his aptitude for 

 becoming acquainted with their habits, found to exist far 

 more commonly than was generally supposed. He became 

 a member of the then recently formed Entomological Society 

 of London, in 1834, but appears to have resigned his mem- 

 bership some ten years later. In 1856, he was chosen a 

 member of the Entomological Club, and continued so until 

 the day of his death. 



Arthur Grote, F.R.S., F.L.S. Born 1814, died Decem- 

 ber 4th. He wrote a number of papers on subjects connected 

 with Botany and Zoology and contributed an intro- 

 duction to Hewetson's " Descriptions of New Indian 

 Lepidopterous Insects in the Atkinson Collection." 



So much, gentlemen, for the year now rapidly drawing to 

 its close ; and in conclusion I beg to express to you my sincere 

 appreciation of the honour you did me in electing me your 

 president, of the kindly way in which you have overlooked 

 my many shortcomings, and the courtesy and support that 

 you have at all times so willingly extended towards me. 



To the Officers and Council my thanks are especially due. 

 Their many good qualities are too well-known to you to need 

 any special mention at my hands. 



I am quite sure that you have learned, as I did, with much 

 regret, that Mr. W. A. Pearce finds it incumbent upon him to 

 withdraw from the office of Secretary, and I feel that I am 

 only expressing your sentiments when I say that the Society 

 fully appreciates the able manner in which he has discharged 

 the arduous duties devolving upon him in that capacity. In 



