30 THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
Other Members of Council.—John Avery, C.A., Rev. R. E. Bartlett,
M.A. ; C. E. Benham ; Horace T. Brown, F.R.S. ; E. N. Buxton, J.P.,
Aldmn. C.C., D.L., &c. ; Miller Christy, F.E.S. ; Walter Crouch, F.Z.S. ;
Bryan Corcoran; E Cranmer-Byng; E. Durrant; F. W. Elliott; A. J.
Furbank; I. Chalkley Gould; J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Rev. W. S.
Lach-Szyrma, M.A. ; J. H. Porter ; Rev. A. F. Russell, M.A. ; J. C. Shen-
stone; John Spiller, F.I.C, F.C.S. ; F. H. Varley, F.R.A.S. ; George E.
Vaughan ; T. Hay Wilson.
Hon. Treasurer.—W. C. Waller, M.A., F.S.A.
Hon. Secretary and Curator.—William Cole, F.L.S., F.E.S. ; Assist.
Hon. Secretary.—B. G. Cole.
Hon. Librarians.—Alfred Lockyer and W. C. Waller.
Hon. Counsel.—W. C. Dare, B.A., Barrister-at-Law ; Hon. Solicitor.—
H. I. Coburn.]
The President then delivered his Annual Address, entitled "Life
Problems in Modern Science," an abstract of which is printed in the present
part of the Essex Naturalist (see pp. 15-17).
Professor Meldola, while guarding himself from endorsing all the con-
clusions in Mr. Howard's address, proposed that the most cordial thanks of
the Club be accorded to Mr. Howard for his services as President during the
past official year.
Mr. F. W. Elliott seconded the motion, which on being put to the meet-
ing was carried unanimously amid applause.
Mr. Howard briefly returned thanks.
The 186th Ordinary Meeting was then held, the President in the chair.
A lecture was delivered by Mr. Fred. Enock, F.L.S., F.E.S., on "The
Life History of the Tiger-Beetle (Cicindela campestris)."
Mr. Enock's address was more than a mere lecture—it was a graphic
record of a series of observations, some entirely new, dealing with the whole
life-habits and metamorphosis of this interesting beetle (the larva of which,
from its mode of capturing it prey, has been called the "British Ant-lion")
and abundantly demonstrated the great interest attaching to the close study
of a common insect which may be observed in Epping Forest, and on sandy
heaths in Essex and around London. The Lecturer's observations were
illustrated by an admirable series of coloured lantern slides, made from his
own inimitable drawings "from life," several of which by ingenious contriv-
ances were moved so as to give an appearance of life to the pictures.
Mr. Enock was heartily thanked for his lecture, ou the proposal of the
President, seconded by Professor Meldola—and some discussion took place on
the habits and metamorphosis of the common House-fly, and on the import-
ance and interest of the study of living insects in the field. Mr. Meldola
alluded to the efforts made by Professor Miall to encourage this branch of
biological study.
Mr. Enock briefly replied, and the meeting ended with the usual
Conversazione.
1 See Professor Miall's Address to Section D (Zoology) ot the British Association at
Toronto on August 19th, 1897 (Brit. Ass. Rep. 1897, pp. 667-683) and also his remarks made
before the Corresponding Societies Committee at the same place (Report, 1897, pp. 29.32.)—Ed.