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Doctor of Medicine at the Hahneinann Homoeopathic College iu 

 Philadelphia, where lie was resident for two years, and was a 

 most conscientious Hcnioeopath, taking the greatest pains to 

 verify the plants employed in Medicine, and fully belieA-ing iu 

 and acting upon the principles of Hahnemann, and as such he 

 met with a considerable measure of success iu his practice. His 

 spare time was occupied in the study of British and European 

 Lepidoptera, but more specially of Exotic Coleoptera, of ^^■hich he 

 ultimately possessed one of the largest private collections in the 

 kingdom, but published only a few new species. 



In 1904 he retired to Shoreham in Kent, where he died 

 on 4th October, 1907, of an acute attack of jaundice. 



Of a retiring disposition, he took but little part in scientific 

 meetings, but by those who had the privilege of his personal 

 friendship he was highly esteemed and respected. [E. M. H.] 



Sir James Hector, K.C.M.Gt., F.R.S., was born in 1834 and 

 educated at the University of Edinburgh, receiving the degree of 

 M.D. iu 1856, He was a member of the Palliser Exploring 

 Expedition to British North America from 1857 to 1860, having 

 been selected by Sir Eoderick Murchison to accompany the 

 Expedition as surgeon, geologist, and naturalist. In 1861 he was 

 appointed geologist to the Provincial Government of Otago,. 

 N.Z., and subsequently Director of the Geological Survey 

 of Xew Zealand. For many years he was also Manager of 

 the New Zealand Institute and head of the AVellington Museum. 

 He took an active part in educational affairs, and was for some 

 years Chancellor of the New Zealand University. He was elected 

 a Fellow of the Eoyal Society in 1866, and of the Linnean Society 

 in 1875. He was also a Fellow of the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, 

 and of the Geological Society, a Corresponding Member of the 

 Zoological Society, and a Member of several Foreign and Colonial 

 scientific societies. In 3 875 he received the Lyell Gold Medal 

 from the Geological Society, and in 1891 the Founder's Gold 

 Medal from the Eoyal Geographical Society. He was created 

 C.M.G. iu 1875 and received the honour of Knighthood in 

 1887. [A. D.] 



The death of Professor Frans Eeinhold Kjellmax a few weeks 

 before the Linnean Festival at Uppsala in May last, was a tragic 

 element in the midst of enthusiasm and rejoicing. Although 

 the thought was never allowed to obtrude, it was probably present 

 to every mind that the Chair of Botany in the University, filled 

 with so much distinction by C. von Linne himself, was vacant ou 

 the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great 

 Swedish Naturalist, \\hich had drawn representatives from many 

 and far distant lauds. 



Our late Foreign Member was born at Torsci near Mariestad, 

 on the 4th November, 1846, and in 1868 he became a student at 

 Uppsala; as he had passed through the schools of Arvika and 

 Karlstad, he was received into the Yiirmlaud's Nation ; he sustained 



