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he was the first recipient. He died on December 18th, 1892, in 

 the 89th year of his ags. 



O^Yen's stupendous industry, vast -wealth of knowledge, and 

 marvellous power of interpretation have left an indelible mark 

 upon the Science of the century, and entitle him to be ranked 

 as one of the greatest anatomists of the age. 



Henet Tibbats Staintox, the eldest son of Mr. Henry Stainton 

 of Lewisham, was born in London on August 18th, 1822. He was 

 educated at home, but finally entered King's College for a short 

 time before going into business under his father. He early ac- 

 quired a taste for entomology, probably owing in great part to 

 his acquaintance with the Rev. AVilliam Johnson. Prom the 

 first his attention was directed to the Micro-Lepidoptera, and in 

 1848 he published iu the ' Zoologist ' a " Monograph of the 

 British Argyromiges." This was followed in 1849 by " An 

 Attempt at a Systematic Catalogue of the British Tineidse and 

 Pteroi^horidse," with a Supplement in 1851 ; the volume ou 

 " Tineina " in the ' Insecta Britannica ' series in 1854 ; ' A Manual 

 of British Butterflies and Moths,' 2 vols., 1857 and 1859; 'The 

 Katural History of the Tineinse,' in 13 vols., 1855-73, a work ia 

 four languages, published with the assistance of his friends 

 Mr. J. AV". Douglas, Prof. Zeller, and Prof. Frey. He was the 

 author of many papers on entomological subjects (including a 

 number of local faunas) published in the Proceedings of Societies. 

 He established several serial entomological publications, and he 

 exerted himself enthusiastically to spread and popukirize bis 

 favourite studies. 



Iu 1848 he joined the Entomological Society, and held the post 

 of Secretary in 1850-51 and of Prt-sident in 1881-82, He was 

 elected a Fellow of the Eoyal Society in 1867, and was a 

 Member of the Council in 1880-82. He became a Fellow of the 

 Linnean Society in 1859, held the post of Secretary from 1869 to 

 1874, and was a Vice-President in 1883-85. He was Secretary 

 of the Bay Society from 1861-72 ; and he acted as Secretary of 

 Section D at the Meetings of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science in 1864, and from 1867-72. 



He was instrumental in founding the Zoological Eecord Asso- 

 ciation in 1871, and acted as Secretary until the publication was 

 taken over by the Zoological Society in 1886. 



Stainton will long be remembered as a genial and generous 

 friend, and a paiustaking industrious worker. He died at 

 Lewisham on December 2nd, 1892. 



John Obamah Westwood was born at Sheffield on December 

 22nd, 1805. He was educated for the law, and practised for a 

 short time as a solicitor. His love for jSTatural History led him, 

 however, to relinquish his profession and to accept an appoint- 

 ment at Oxford concurrently with the presentation of the 

 Hopeian collection to the University Museum. 



He was joint author with Bate of the ' History of the British 

 Sessile-eyed Crustacea.' It was, however, to Entomology that 



