BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 7: 1994 



THE 1992 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS— PART 1. REPORI 



John Muggleton 

 30 Penton Road, Staines, Middlesex TWIH 2LD. 



My predecessor welcomed me to the chair with the words that the post of president 

 was much less arduous than that of the honorary secretary. I can confirm that he 

 was correct and, indeed, I now look forward to the even less arduous post of vice- 

 president and, for the first time in many years, to be able to attend council meetings 

 without having to say anything or take notes. Of course the work of the president 

 is made much easier not only by those officials we have just re-elected, but also by 

 the unelected officers whose names do not appear on the annual general meeting notice 

 but who have some difficult jobs — Geoff Burton, the assistant treasurer; Andrew 

 Godfrey, the membership secretary; David Young, the distribution secretary; Ian 

 McLean, the indoor meetings secretary and Roger Morris, the field meetings 

 secretary. All have important jobs, I would ask you to express our appreciation in 

 the usual manner. 



I now have the sad task of mentioning those of our members who have passed 

 away during the year. The deaths of seven members and one former member have 

 been brought to our attention during the year. 



Mr I. Bolt joined the Society in 1990; he was an active lepidopterist who did much 

 to found the Somerset Moth Group. 



Mr L. E. Couchman was, at the time of his death, the "father of the society", 

 having joined on 12 January 1922. He was a lepidopterist and lived at Hampstead 

 at the time he joined the society. He attended the society's meetings and was an 

 occasional exhibitor. By 1947 he had moved to Tasmania where he remained until 

 his death. Alas, I have been unable to find out any more about him. 



Mr L. A. Cram had been a member of the society for only a month when he died 

 in February 1992. 



Mr K. G. W. Evans joined the Society in 1969 and will be remembered by many 

 members for his work as exhibition secretary. He was an enthusiastic lepidopterist 

 who was particularly interested in the macrolepidoptera of the Croydon area and 

 who, with his son Laurie, published A survey of the macrolepidoptera of Croydon 

 and north-east Surrey in 1973. He was an active member of the Croydon Natural 

 History Society and was their president from 1975 to 1977. He published a number 

 of notes in our Proceedings and in the Entomologist's Record. 



Mr. J. A. C. Greenwood joined the society in 1958 and was president in 1966. 

 He was a lepidopterist who was also interested in general natural history and was 

 a regular exhibitor at indoor meetings. He also led field meetings for the society. 

 He will be remembered by many as a regular contributor, with his wife Dorothy, 

 to the Entomologist's Record with notes and accounts of collecting trips in Europe 

 (and elsewhere) from the early 1960s to the 1980s. He was, at the time of his retirement, 

 chief general manager of the Sun Alliance Insurance Group and gave the society much 

 useful advice on financial and insurance matters. He was a member of the society's 

 finance committee at the time he died. 



Mr D. A. Neal joined the society in 1990 and was interested in the lepidoptera. 

 I am afraid I have not been able to find out any more about him. 



Mr L. H. Newman was not a member at the time he died but was a member from 

 1926 to 1936 and from 1945 to the early 1960s. He will be remembered as the 

 proprietor, in succession to his father L. W. Newman, of the butterfly farm at Bexley 

 in Kent, and by my generation for his participation in the BBC children's hour 



