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in the Museum of the Guille-Alles Library. These were 

 presented to the Museum by the late Curator, Mr. J. 

 Whitehead, in 1889. A list of most of the species is given 

 in our Transactions for that year. 



I would like to see commenced in our Transactions, a 

 Bibliography of all books, papers and records that have 

 been published on the Natural History, physical features, 

 antiquities and Archaeology of the Channel Islands. I am 

 sure it would be of the greatest interest and value to anyone 

 working up a particular branch of Local Research. As an 

 instance, a short time ago some specimens of a carnivorous 

 shell-bearing slug were exhibited before the Society, and 

 very few of us knew anything at all about them. Little 

 did we think that as far back as 1834, Mr. F. C. Lukis had 

 written an article, illustrated with drawings, in the " Magazine 

 of Natural History," on this very species. He says that as 

 far back as 1801 it was known to him, being plentiful in his 

 own garden. This gives the record of the species for 100 

 years, yet it was stated, at one of our meetings, that it was 

 of comparatively recent introduction. 



Many papers and short notes on the Fauna and Flora, 

 and the Antiquities of the Channel Islands, are scattered 

 through the Natural History and Antiquarian periodicals of 

 the last 70 years. 



We, as a Society, should also publish some account of 

 the lives of that talented band of Naturalists who made the 

 Natural History and Antiquarian productions of Guernsey 

 known to the world some 50 years ago. I refer to Mr. F. C. 

 Lukis, Dr. F. Lukis, Dr. Hoskins, Mr. G. Wolsey, Mr. P. 

 Le Lievre, Mr. John T. Gallienne, Mrs. Collings, and 

 many others. 



I would like now to say a few words on the progress of 

 my own particular branch of study — Entomology — during 

 the past few years. 



I have often been asked the question what is the 

 practical use of it, and I have been often tempted to reply 

 that its chief benefit lies in its lack of practical use. With 

 all of us the affairs of everyday life must occupy the greater 

 portion of our time, and it is then a relief to tarn to the 

 study of Natural History for its own sake, without regard 

 to any question of utility. The pleasure to be derived from 

 the study is its own exceedingly great reward. 



But the facts and observations so carefully made and 

 recorded by the Field Naturalists and Entomologists of the 

 past, are now found to be of immense service to the scientific 



