LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. XCl 



by his donation to the University Museum of a portrait of 

 Dr. Kidd. 



On leaving college, Mr. Hope pursued his zoological studies with 

 great earnestness, not confining his attention to insects only (which, 

 however, subsequently became his more especial favourites), but ex- 

 tending it to every branch of English animated nature, of which 

 sufficient proofs appear in various notices in Mr. Yarrell's volumes 

 on ' British Birds and Fishes.' His success as a collector of British 

 insects was very great ; and the extent of his collections, as well as 

 the readiness with which he granted access to them to all persons 

 engaged upon special works on various families, genera, <fec,, is 

 abundantly testified by the constant reference made to them in Mr. 

 Stephens's great work on Enghsh insects in general, commenced in 

 1828, in Gravenhorst's ' Ichneumonologia Eiu-opaea,' 1829, and in 

 Gory's great works on the Cetoniadce and Buprestidce. Mr. Hope, 

 however, did not limit himself to English insects, but formed, at 

 great expense, a very extensive exotic collection, which became 

 famous on the Continent for the numerous Indian, African, and 

 Australian rarities which he had succeeded in amassing. 



On March 5th, 1822, he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean 

 Society. He took an active part in the formation of the Zoological 

 Society in 1826, and of the Entomological in 1833, and in both 

 these societies he continued to take a warm and active interest. In 

 1835 he succeeded the late Mr. Children as President of the latter 

 Society, which office he held for two years, the time limited by the 

 bye-laws. His contributions to these different societies were very 

 numerous. In these papers it may be remarked that his attention 

 was not confined to the technical description of the numerous new 

 species of insects contained in his collection, but that his inquiries 

 were extended to many practical points in their economy, such as 

 the supply of silk, the parasitism of insects in Man, the investigation 

 of the insects mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, their ravages on 

 grovsdng wheat, &c., and on the submarine wooden constructions of 

 our harbours, &c. He also published, in 1837-40, a separate work on 

 Coleopterous Insects, in 3 vols. 8vo. 



During the last twenty-two years of his life the state of his health 

 required his residence, for a considerable portion of each year, in 

 the warmer parts of Europe ; and at Naples and Nice he continued 

 his investigations, especially on the marine productions of those 

 localities, forming large collections of fishes, Crustacea, &c., as well 

 as of birds and shells. Being desirous of keeping these large collec- 

 tions entii'e, and actuated by a strong devotion to his alma mater, in 



