OBITUARY. 



HERMANN AUGUST HAGEN. 

 Born May 30, 1817. Died November ii, 1893. 



SO long as the study of Insects is continued, so long will the memory 

 of Professor H. A. Hagen be venerated. The author of 

 " Bibliotheca Entomologica ; Die Litterature iiber das ganze Gebiet 

 der Entomologie bis zum Jahre 1862," which appeared in 1862-1863, 

 has done so much to lighten the labours of his fellows, that he will 

 always be remembered with gratitude. Hagen was born in Konigs- 

 berg in 1817, and practised there, as a Doctor of Medicine, until 1867, 

 when he left Germany for America and became assistant to Louis 

 Agassiz. In 1870 he was appointed to the chair of Entomology at 

 Harvard, a professorship he held till his death. Hagen, though 

 specially interested in the Literature of Entomology, found time to 

 write several hundred papers on Insects themselves, among which may 

 be mentioned a Catalogue of Termitina in the British Museum, 1858. 



AUGUST KARL EDUARD BALDAMUS. 

 Born April 18, 1812. Died October 30, 1893. 



THIS well-known ornithologist was born at Giersleben, in Saxony. 

 He studied theology at Berlin, and in 1859 was elected Professor 

 at the Kothen Gymnasium. Here he became acquainted with the 

 brothers Naumann, and profited from their ornithological researches. 

 He was pastor at Dielzig in 1849, and passed, in 1858, to the same 

 office at Osternienburg. After his retirement, in 1870, he lived at 

 Coburg. Baldamus collaborated with Blasius in bringing out Nau- 

 mann's " Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutschlands," and wrote 

 " Illustriertes Handbuch der Federviehzucht " (ed. 2, 1881), and 

 "Vogelmarchen," 1882. To his initiative was due the foundation of 

 the German Ornithological Society ; while from 1 849-1 858 he published 

 the journal called Naumannia. 



GEORGE BENNETT. 

 Born, 1803. Died, October i, 1893. 



BORN at Plymouth ninety years ago, George Bennett was educated 

 for the medical profession. Visiting Sydney in 1830, he decided 

 to practise there, but did not finally settle until six years later. A 



