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Annual meeting, Dec. 4:th, 1894.—Exhibits :—Mr. Battley : Xylina 
socia, Epunda nigra, Cidaria siierata, Orthosia lota, 0. macilenta 
and Dasypolia templi, all from Dorset. Dr. Sequeira : Paraponyx stra- 
tiotalis, Spilodes palealis, Hydrocampa stagnalis, and H. nymphealis from 
Folkestone. Mr. Prout: Noctua plecta and var. andersoni, Lampa, N. 
glareosa and var. rosea, Tutt, and N. rubi and var. with transverse 
lines obsolete, all from Sandown. Mr. Taylor: a variable series of 
Orthosia suspecta from Wimbledon, and a fine specimen of Xanthia 
ocellaris from the same locality ; only some half-dozen [? only two, Ed.] 
specimens of the latter have been recorded for this country. Mr. Bate : 
two specimens of Danais chrysippus, which had been satisfactorily 
reset, after having been relaxed with wood-naphtha. Mr. Clark : Hy- 
pochrysops delicia, a rare butterfly, and Selidosema lyciaria, a beautiful 
moth, which appeared to be much more closely allied to Boarmia than to 
Selidosema ; these two good species were captured recently by Mr. E. 
Anderson, at Melbourne. 
All the gentlemen nominated at the last meeting as officers for the 
ensuing year were elected, except Dr. Buckell, who declined re-election ; 
Mr. F. J. Hanbury was elected Vice-President in his stead. Captain 
Thompson, however, became Curator, and Mr. C. B. Smith was elected 
on the Council. 
The Secretaries’ Report for 1894 showed, that although the average 
attendance had fallen off somewhat, yet the papers, exhibits, &c., were, 
if anything, rather above the average; the membership roll was practi¬ 
cally stationary. 
At the invitation of the President (Mr. J. A. Clark), Mr. Tutt read 
the following address, in the place of the usual presidential discourse :— 
ADDRESS BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT TO THE CITY OF 
LONDON ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY 
SOCIETY. 
It is difficult to know what subject to select for an address to a body 
of entomologists at an annual meeting. There are two things, how¬ 
ever, which perhaps, beyond all others, interest every entomologist; 
these are—our subject and ourselves, and to these I will direct your 
attention. 
The study of entomology, like that of almost all the other sciences, 
has been a matter of very slow growth. Carried on by a few enthu¬ 
siasts, usually living far away from one another, entomology was at 
first considered as onty a branch, and a very unimportant branch, of 
natural history ; but during the present century the subject has been 
taken up by an ever-increasing number of students all over the world. 
The first three-quarters of the century were occupied more especially 
in the systematic arrangement and correct naming of specimens, but 
the last two decades have seen a great advance in the study of the philo¬ 
sophical side of the subject, and this is due in a large measure to the 
tremendous impetus given to the philosophical study of natural history 
by Darwin. 
During this latter period, the old manner of studying entomology 
has to a great extent died out. Entomologists, in the exact meaning of 
the term, ma}^ be said hardly to exist now. The subject has become so 
wide and comprehensive, the material collected so vast, the impossibility 
