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The last considerable journey which he made was to Soutli 

 America in 1882, a trip wliich he had long wished to make. The 

 botanic notes were ])riiitcd in our Journal in 1883-5, and his 

 narrative of the entire journey as 'Notes of a Naturalist in 

 South America ' issued from the press in 1887, 



About two years before hia death, it became evident to Mr. 

 Ball's friends that his health was failing ; last year he went to the 

 Engadine, but feeling seriously unwell there, he turned home- 

 wards, and at Geneva sought medical advice. It was then found 

 that if lie wished to reach England, he must travel without further 

 loss of time. A\'^ith great difficulty he came home, and almost 

 immediately underwent an operation for internal cancer; but 

 his frame was too enfeebled to withstand the shock, and he died 

 at midnight on October 21st, at his house, 10 Southwell Gardens, 

 Kensington. lie was buried at the Roman Catholic Church of 

 St. Thomas, at Walham Green, on the 25th of that month ; 

 amongst the botanic friends who paid the last offices of friend- 

 ship, were Professor Oliver, Mr. Thiselton Dyer, Mr. C. B. 

 Clarke, and the President and Secretary of this Society. 



Mr. Ball was twice married, first, iu 1856, to Eliza, daugliter 

 of Count Alberto Parolini, who brought him estates at Bassano, 

 by whom he had two sons : and the second time to Julia, daughter 

 of V. O'Beirne, of Jamestown, Co. Loitrim, who survives him. 



Tie joined our Society December 2nd, 1856, and was also 

 Eellow of the Royal Society (1868), the Royal Geographical, the 

 Society of Antiquaries, and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. 

 Another honour which especially gratified him was his election 

 to an honorary fellowship of his old college, which, iu his academic 

 days, was precluded from granting such honours to members of 

 his faith. 



Joseph Sugar Baly was born in 1817, and Avas educated for 

 the medical profession. He became M.R.C.S. in ISIO and L.S.A. 

 in 1811. He was established in an extensive practice in the 

 North of Loudon, and remained there until 1868, when, ou the 

 death of a relative, he relinquished his London practice and 

 removed to Warwick, where he resumed private practice, and 

 held several professional and other public appointments. In his 

 scientific work, Mr. Baly was a distinguished entomologist ; and, 

 excepting a certain amount of attention paid to the higher 

 groups of exotic llyinenoptera, his investigations were devoted 

 almost solely to Phytophagous Coleoptera, a subject upon which 

 he became one of the foremost authorities. He is respousible 

 for a large number of new species and many new genera ; and 

 his descriptions are printed in nearly every available serial 

 medium of publication. He was a Eellow of the Entomological 

 Societies of London, France, and Stettin. He was elected a 

 Fellow of tliis Society in 1865. He died at hia house in Warw* ick 

 on March 27, 1890. 



