176 The Scottish Naturalist. 



He prepared a valuable hand-book on the " Flora of Arbroath and 

 its Neighbourhood." His few leisure hours were largely spent among 

 the sea-weeds of his native coast. With these he was well acquaintedj 

 and his collection of them was of much interest. 



His death was the result of a severe injury received in the beginning 

 of February, which, however, did not prevent him from attending to 

 his patients, even till within three days of his death. He is survived 

 by a widow and eight sons, of whom the eldest is twelve years of 

 age. 



His was one of those natures that teach by their example what a 

 true life is, to a degree and in a way far surpassing pulpit oratory ; 

 nor did he find it hard, we believe, to reconcile a profound love of 

 Nature with a firm belief in the truth of revealed religion. 



Robert Francis Logan died at his house, Spylaw, near Edinburgh} 

 on 28th July, at the age of sixty. In him has passed away one who 

 began to publish his records so long ago that to the present genera- 

 tion of entomologists he appeared to belong wholly to the past, though 

 of late years he had begun to resume the labours that for a time he 

 had laid aside. He was a most reliable observer ; but published less 

 than might have been hoped for from so constant and successful a 

 student. His earliest published record dates from 1845 {Zoologist, p. 

 1 141), when, though then only eighteen, he speaks of having been 

 investigating the entomology of Dudingston " for about seven years." 

 His earlier notes related to Lepidoptera ; and several appear in the 

 Zoologist in successive years. He afterwards sent notes to the 

 Trans. Entom. Society of London, to the Proceedings of the Boyal Physical 

 Society of Edinburgh, to the Naturalist (his chief article being "The 

 Lepidopterous Insects of Mid-Lothian "), and to other periodicals. 



After a time he devoted his attention to the Coleoptera, and 

 assisted Mr. Andrew Murray with information in the preparation of 

 the "Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Scotland," published in 1853. 

 Mr. Logan's death is a serious loss to the little band of Scotch 

 entomologists, at all times so few. 



