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anomalous Vegetable Structures," " The Family of Faleonidse," " On 

 some Questions in relation to the Theory of the Structure of Plants 

 of the orders Brassicaceae and Primulaceae," "Eemarks on the 

 Classification of Mammalia," " An attempt at an Improved Classifi- 

 cation of Fruits," " The Struthionidae," " On Molluscous Animals," 

 " The Grallatores," and " An Improved Arrangement of Ferns." 



In 1869 Mr. Hincks was elected to the Chair of the Canadian 

 Institute, to which he was re-elected in 1870. 



Mr. Hincks belonged to a generation that has almost passed away, 

 and represented a form of theological and philosophical opinion 

 which has fewer adherents than it once had ; but his love of truth, 

 his intellectual honesty, and his fearless trust in freedom were 

 leading traits of his character, and points of contact with those from 

 whom he differed most widely in opinion. 



For some time before his death he had been attacked by a depres- 

 sing and, at intervals, most painful malady. He was fully aware of 

 its serious nature, and felt that the end could not be distant and 

 might come suddenly and soon. But he held bravely to his work, 

 met his classes regularly, pursued his studies with unabated interest, 

 and occupied himself with the latest scientific questions of the day, 

 thankful that the power of working was still continued to him. At 

 length his strength failed him ; in July or August he resigned his 

 Professorship, and obtained the retiring pension, which he had so 

 well earned, but which, as he pathetically wrote, " he was not likely 

 to want." He died on the 10th of September, 1871, much regretted, 

 having been a FeUow of this Society for more than forty-five years, 

 the date of his election being the 17th of January, 1826. 



Chaeles Hokne, Esq., who died very shortly after his election as 

 a Fellow of this Society, was formerly a Member of the Bengal 

 Civil Service, from which he had lately retired. During his resi- 

 dence at Mynpooree and other stations in the North-Western Pro- 

 vinces he gave much attention to entomology and to the economic 

 department of horticulture. He was a FeUow of the Entomological 

 Society of London ; and after his return to England he contributed 

 to the ' Transactions of the Zoological Society ' a paper " On the 

 Habits of some Hymenopterous Insects from the North-West Pro- 

 vinces of India," to which was annexed an appendix containing an 

 account of some new species of Apidce and Vespidce collected by 

 Mr. Home, and described by Mr. Frederick Smith of the British 

 Museum. This paper is illustrated by four plates, from drawings 

 by Mr. Home, of the insects and the very curious nests-of the " leaf- 



