in 1833 William Kirby was made Honorary Life President and Stylops melittae (then known as Stylops kirbyi) was adopted as the society's symbol. The seal was first used for a letter by the society to William Kirby, which was signed by the President and 30 members in 1836 to thank him for presenting the society with a cabinet containing his entire insect collection. William Kirby was responsible for classifying the Strepsiptera as a separate order. The society's badge has remained almost unchanged since its first use. Officers Honorary life Presidents 1833–1850: William Kirby 1883–1893: John Obadiah Westwood 1933–1943: Edward Bagnall Poulton Presidents The following persons have been presidents of the society: 1833–1834: John George Children 1835–1836: Frederick William Hope 1837–1838: James Francis Stephens 1839–1840: Frederick William Hope 1841–1842: William Wilson Saunders 1843–1844: George Newport 1845–1846: Frederick William Hope 1847–1848: William Spence 1849–1850: George Robert Waterhouse 1852–1853: John Obadiah Westwood 1853–1854: Edward Newman 1855–1856: John Curtis 1856–1857: William Wilson Saunders 1858–1859: John Edward Gray 1860–1861: John William Douglas 1862–1863: Frederick Smith 1864–1865: Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe 1866–1867: John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury 1868–1869: Henry Walter Bates 1870–1871: Alfred Russel Wallace 1874–1875: William Wilson Saunders 1878: Henry Walter Bates 1879–1880: John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury 1881–1882: Henry Tibbats Stainton 1883–1884: Joseph William Dunning 1885–1886: Robert McLachlan 1887–1888: David Sharp 1889–1890: Lord Thomas de Grey Walsingham 1891–1892: Frederick DuCane Godman 1893–1894: Henry John Elwes 1895–1896: Raphael Meldola 1897–1898: Roland Trimen 1899–1900: George Henry Verrall 1901–1902: William Weekes Fowler 1903–1904: Edward Bagnall Poulton 1905–1906: Frederick Merrifield 1907–1908: Charles Owen Waterhouse 1909–1910: Frederick Augustus Dixey 1911–1912: Francis David Morice 1913–1914: George Thomas Bethune-Baker 1915–1916: Nathaniel Charles Rothschild 1917–1918: Charles Joseph Gahan 1919–1920: James John Walker 1921–1922: Lionel Walter Rothschild 1923–1924: Edward Ernest Green 1927–1928: James Edward Collin 1929–1930: Karl Jordan 1931–1932: Harry Eltringham 1933–1934: Edward Bagnall Poulton 1934–1935: Sheffield Airey Neave 1936–1937: Augustus Daniel Imms 1938–1939: John Claud Fortescue Fryer 1940–1941: Kenneth Gloyne Blair 1942–1943: Patrick Alfred Buxton 1943–1944: Edward Alfred Cockayne 1945–1946: Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter 1947–1948: Carrington Bonsor Williams 1949–1950: Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth 1951–1952: Norman Denbigh Riley 1953–1954: Patrick Alfred Buxton 1955–1956: Wilfrid John Hall 1957–1958: Owain Westmacott Richards 1959–1960: Boris Petrovitch Uvarov 1961–1962: George Copley Varley 1963–1964: Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth 1965–1966: Eric Omar Pearson 1967–1968: John Stodart Kennedy 1969–1970: Howard Everest Hinton 1971–1972: Colin Gasking Butler 1973–1974: Anthony David Lees 1975–1976: Donald Livingston Gunn 1977–1978: John David Gillett 1979–1980: Reginald Charles