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WestwoofI devoted liis long life and careful reaearcli. His 

 ' Arc-ana Entomologica ' and ' Cabinet of Oriental Entomology,' 

 ' The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera,' and his 'Introduction to 

 the Modern Classification of Insects,' may be justl}"" mentioned 

 as classical volumes. He was also the author of a large number 

 of papers published in the Proceedings of various scientific 

 Societies. 



In addition to his entomological work Professor Westwood 

 was an ardent antiquarian, and liis works entitled ' Palajographia 

 Sacra Pictoria ' and ' Lapidarium Walliaj ' are testimonies of his 

 industrious and careful study. 



He was elected Fellow of this Society on tlie 1st of May, 1S27. 

 He was one of the founders of the Entomological Society, and he 

 received the Eoyal Society's Gold Medal for his entomological 

 researches. 



Professor Westwood was eminently lovable as a friend and 

 enthusiastic as a worker. He passed away, the Nestor of his 

 beloved science, on January 2nd, lb93, in the 87th year of his age. 



Dr. "William Woolls was born in March, ISII, at "Winchester, 

 Hampshire, and was one of a numerous family, his father being 

 in business in that city ; he owed his early training chiefly to 

 two clergymen, the Jiev. Thomas Scard, master of Bishop's 

 AValtham School, and Kev. Thomas Westcombe, minor canon of 

 the cathedral. His father dying when William Woolls was 

 only sixteen, he had to turn his thoughts to some means of 

 livelihood, and tried for a cadetship in the Honourable East 

 India Company's service, but failing, he resolved to try his 

 fortune in the Colony of New South Wales, and landed in Sydney 

 at the age of 17. Some poems composed during his voyage 

 attracted the attention of Bishop Broughton, by whom he was 

 recommended to the Pev. EobertPorrest, the first head-master of 

 the King's School at Parramatta, and in 1832 Woolls acce])ted 

 an a>sistant mastership in the school. On leaving Parramatta 

 lie came to Sydney and supported himself for some time by 

 journalistic work and private tuition, when Mr. W. Cope, head- 

 master of Sydney College, oflered him the post of classical master 

 there, which offer was accepted. A disagreement between Woolls 

 and the managing committee of Sydney College having arisen, 

 he resigned and returned to Parramatta, v.here he opened a 

 school on his own account, remaining here for some years, 

 though he was pressed to take orders in the Church of England. 

 AV^oolls's first introduction to natural history was through a 

 former head-master of the King's School, the liev. James Walker, 

 and he eagerly followed it up, becoming acquainted with the 

 leading naturalists of Australia. His work on the plants of 

 Panamatta was published by the "C'niver>ity of Guttingen, from 

 whom he received the degree of Ph.D. His life passed tranquilly 

 until, at the mature age of 59, in the year 1873, he was admitted 

 to holy orders by the late Bishop Barker, and he was appointed 

 to the incumbency of Kichmond, Tasmania, and shortly after- 



