290 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



MISS G. E. ORMEROD. 



It is with deep regret that we record the death of Miss Georgiana 

 Elizabeth Ormerod, of Torrington House, St. Alban's, England, the elder 

 sister of Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, whose name as a distinguished ento- 

 mologist is known throughout the scientific world. After several months 

 of patiently-borne illness, she passed away on the 19th of August last, 

 full of piety and good works, and justly esteemed and loved by all who 

 knew her. She and her sister were each other's constant companion 

 and fellow-worker, and each sought the other's counsel and aid in carry- 

 ing out any plan of work in which she was engaged. Miss G. E. 

 Ormerod's special studies were botany and conchology, and in the latter 



department she formed a large and valuable collection of shells, which 

 she presented, a few years ago, to the Natural History Museum at 

 Huddersfield. She was highly gifted as a linguist, and acquired an 

 excellent knowledge of French, Italian, Spanish, and German, and was 

 thus enabled to be of the greatest assistance to her sister in correspond- 

 ence and the translation of foreign works of science. She is most widely 

 known, however, by her remarkable talents as an artist, which were 

 employed in the illustration of her sister's works, and in the production 

 of a splendid series of diagrams in which are depicted a large number of 

 the most important injurious insects in all their life-stages. 



In addition to her scientific and artistic work, she devoted much of 

 her time and means to benevolent objects, and carried out for many 

 years, at her own expense, a system of distributing books of an entertain- 

 ing and instructive -character amongst the working classes. 



Women of such a type are rare, and we cannot but deeply deplore 

 the loss of this eminent Christian lady, who died at an advanced age, full 

 of good works, performed in a most unobtrusive manner; richly endowed 

 with intellectual and artistic talents, which she largely used for the benefit 

 of others ; always happy and cheerful in her daily domestic life 3 kind, 

 hospitable, and sympathetic; ready to help all who deserved her aid and 

 to give wise counsels to those who sought them from her. 



To her sister — her life-long colleague — the loss is beyond what words 

 can express. We can only venture to offer to her our heartfelt sympathy 

 and our earnest wish that she may have grace and strength to endure so 

 heavy a blow. C. J. S. B. 



