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Holy Land. In 1904 he made over his great collection of 

 Lepidoptera to the National Museum, Dublin, and tlience- 

 forth devoted his zoological activities to the study of the 

 Crustacea, in which he derived much pleasure through 

 association with the late Canon A. M. Norman of Durham, 

 and correspondence with Dr. Vejdovsky of Prag and other 

 authorities. The latter named in his honour the type 

 species [de Vismesi) of Bathyonyx, a new genus of Amphi- 

 poda discovered by him along with Niphargiis kochianus 

 in Lough Mask. During his last years he renewed his early 

 interest in archaeology and published in 1909 and 1917 two 

 papers of importance on the " Black Pig's D^/ke " — the 

 ancient boundary fortification of Ulster — in the Proceedings 

 of the Royal Irish Academy. His love for Irish antiquities 

 was deep ; at the International Zoological Congress at 

 Cambridge in 1898, we recall how in a friendly argument 

 with the late Judge Kane he claimed the chieftainship of 

 his clan. 



His vigour and energy to the very end of his long life 

 astonished all his friends who knew his age, and up to the 

 week of his death he was active in promoting the agricultural 

 and other industries of his neighbourhood, as well as in the 

 cultivation of his own demesne, his archaeological and 

 zoological studies, and the work of the Church of Ireland, 

 of which he was a devoted member, serving not only on the 

 Council of his diocese but on the General Synod and the Repre- 

 sentative Body. To quote his daughter's words : " His 

 endless activities gave the impression that he would live 

 many years longer. This, however, was not to be ; he saw 

 his beloved trees and shrubs in their spring beauty once more, 

 and, after only a few hours' illness, passed quietly away." 



The wide interests of his life made him a large circle of 

 friends, all of whom learned to appreciate some features at 

 least of his many-sided character. He was a delightful 

 companion in natural history field-work, knowing much 

 about many subjects and ready to convey information to 

 all who consulted him ; in a day's heavy hill-tramping he 

 could outsta}^ many younger men. When dealing with the 

 groups that he studied most closel}^ — the Lepidoptera and 

 small Crustacea — he never became a narrow specialist ; the 



