An address delivered at the adjourned anniversary meeting of the Entomological Society of London, on the 10th February, 1845 / by George Newport.

  • Newport, George, 1803-1854.
Date:
1845
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Credit: An address delivered at the adjourned anniversary meeting of the Entomological Society of London, on the 10th February, 1845 / by George Newport. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14 These are the subjects that have been brought before the Society during the past year. I trust that this somewhat extended enume- ration of them will prove to our scientific brethren, in other depart- ments of Natural History, that we have not been idle. I have en- tered into greater details respecting them on this occasion, because our proceedings of late have been less extensively made known to the public, without the walls of our meeting-room, than formerly; the numerous engagements of our Secretary during the two years I have had the honour to occupy this Chair, having ]>revented him from transmitting with regularity an account of our proceedings to the public journals. This circumstance is the more to be regretted, be- cause it may have operated so as to have prejudiced the interest of the Society, by allowing the public to suppose that as a body we had become defunct. This I fear may in part account for the few addi- tions that have been made to our list of members; as it is mainly by showing the world that our labours in the acquisition of knowledge are unabated that others are excited to join with us in its pursuit. I do hope that this omission, which I feel myself called upon to point out, on retiring from the Chair, and which I have already endea- voured to correct, will be quickly remedied, and that the public ■will be fully and regularly informed of our proceedings under the influence of my successor. And now. Gentlemen, I must give you some account of what has been done for Entomology elsewhere. That entomological collection for which, next to our own, we must all feel the greatest interest, and which, I am quite sure, will ere long be unrivalled in the world,—the collection in the British Museum, has received a vast accession of specimens of insects during the past year. The number of articulated animals added to the col- lection during the year amounts to twenty thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. Of these, from six to seven thousand insects, de- siderata to the collection, were presented by the Entomological Club. The remainder includes a collection by Dr. Andrew Smith, from South Africa, obtained by him during his residence on that continent; also a splendid collection of Australian species pre- sented by the Lords of the Admiralty ; and various smaller collections by the Earl of Derby, and by private individuals. The ardent hope expressed in my former Address, that our national collection may soon outrival that of every other establishment in Europe, thus appears likely to be speedily realized; and I may congratulate all lovers of Entomology on the urbanity of those who now have charge of this department of our national collection, on the ready access that ii
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