224 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



In 1895 he was elected Vice-President of the parent Society 

 and in 1897 became President, holding this highest place in the 

 Society for the usual term of two years, to the great satisfaction 

 of the members. He rarely missed one of our annual meetings, 

 and as a permanent Director of the Society took an active part in 

 the management of its arfairs. His interests, however, were not 

 confined to his native land. Many years ago he joined the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science and was 

 recently much gratified at being elected a Fellow; he used to say 

 that an amateur who did good work was really more deserving of 

 honour and recognition than a professional Entomologist who 

 received pay for his work. He was also a Fellow of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of America and of the Entomological Society of 

 London, England; an honorary member of the New York Ento- 

 mological Society and the Cambridge Entomological Club; for 

 some time he was Vice-President of the Natural History Society 

 of Montreal. His last official act was the reading of his report as 

 delegate from our Society to the Royal Society at the meeting in 

 Montreal on Wednesday, May 27, the day before he started on 

 his fatal voyage. 



For a long time past Mr. Lyman's friends have been much 

 distressed by his increasing deafness, which of late had almost 

 become total. Conversation with him could only be carried on 

 with the aid of an ear-trumpet or by writing. In spite of this 

 severe disability, he was always bright and cheerful, full of 

 innocent fun and enjoying a harmless joke. He travelled about a 

 great deal, attending scientific meetings and other gatherings, 

 among others the International Congresses of Entomology at 

 Brussels and Oxford, which he seemed to enjoy, though latterly 

 he could not hear a word of the papers and discussions. 



The writer and many friends were greatly pleased as well as 

 surprised when he informed us that he was about to be married. 

 Since the death of his mother to whom he paid devoted attention 

 during a long period of weakness and infirmity, he had been living 

 a somewhat lonely life. Two years ago, in March 1912, he was 

 married to a daughter of the Rev. William Kirkby, of New York, 

 formerly rector of Collingwood, Ontario. She attended with her 

 husband the Jubilee meeting of our Society at Guelph last August 



