OBITUARY. 



FRANCIS POLKINGHORNE PASCOE. 

 Born September i, 1813 — Died June 20, 1893. 



A VETERAN naturalist, well-known for his researches in 

 Entomology, has passed away in the person of Mr. F. P. 

 Pascoe. Born at Penzance eighty years ago, Mr. Pascoe was trained 

 for the medical profession, and was always imbued with a taste for 

 Natural History and travel. In 1835 he became M.R.C.S., and shortly 

 afterwards entered the Navy as assistant surgeon, visiting Australia, 

 New Zealand, the West Indies and the Mediterranean. In 1843 he 

 retired from the service, married, and resided in Cornwall until the 

 death of his wife in 1851. Subsequently Mr. Pascoe removed to 

 London, when he gradually formed the great entomological collection 

 now being acquired by the trustees of the British Museum. His 

 first original paper related to a botanical subject, but all subsequent 

 contributions dealt with his chosen field of research in Entomology, 

 certain groups of Coleoptera. The results of his studies are to be 

 found in the publications of the Linnean and Entomological Societies, 

 and in numerous scientific journals, during the last thirty or forty 

 years. His monographs of the Malayan and Australian longicorn 

 beetles, in which the collections of Dr. A. R. Wallace are described, 

 are among the most important of these. Although a believer in 

 evolution, he was, with so many of the older systematists, opposed to 

 the theory of Natural Selection. Two books, the latter of which 

 appeared only three years ago, were written by him attacking the 

 Darwinian position. 



HENRY HUGH HIGGINS. 

 Born January 28, 1815. — Died July 2, 1893. 



THE Rev. H. H. Higgins, whose death is chronicled by the daily 

 Press as having occurred while writing a paper for the Museums 

 Association Meeting, recently held in London, was born at Turvey 

 Abbey, Bedfordshire. Entering Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 

 in 1833, he obtained his B.A. in 1836, was admitted to Priest's 

 Orders in 1839, and became a curate at Wolverhampton and at 

 Shrewsbury. In 1842 Mr. Higgins went to Liverpool, and it is in 

 connection with the Liverpool Free Museum that his name has 



