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DoctoratCj and leaving beliincl him a goodly array of chil- 

 dren, gianclchildren, and great-grandeliildren to lament his 

 loss. One of his sons, Dr. Clemens Hartlaub, C.M.Z.S., 

 has followed his father's lead, and is well known as an active 

 and rising zoologist, now second in command at the Biolo- 

 gical Station of Heligoland. 



Baron de Selys-Longchamps. — The news of the death of 

 an eminent naturalist must always cause a feeling of melan- 

 choly among those who are left behind him, but he whose 

 end it is now our duty to record had especial claims upon 

 our consideration. A distinguished politician, a writer on 

 an unusually wide range of subjects, and a fine specimen of 

 the courteous nobleman, whose high character, sincerity, and 

 unfailing tact were a byword among his fellow-citizens, we 

 may well join with his countrymen in deploring his decease, 

 while offering them our respectful sympathy in the loss which 

 they have sustained. 



M. le Baron Michel -iildmond dc Sclys-Longchamps— one 

 of our Foreign Members since 1872, — though born at Paris 

 in 1818, was a scion of an ancient and noble Maestricht 

 family, which had of old furnished mayors, canons, and 

 ambassadors to the Principality of Liege. His father held 

 office under the French Kepublic, and was a member of the 

 Belgian National Congress, while the son was successively 

 communal councillor of Warenime (where he resided until 

 fifteen years ago) , provincial councillor, deputy, senator, vice- 

 president of the Senate, and finally president of the same 

 body. 



A " governmental progressist " in politics, he was a most 

 active legislator and a most eager reformer, while he was 

 the last surviving member of the Liberal Congress of 1846. 



Hardly more than three years ago was celebrated the 

 jubilee of his election to the Royal Belgian x\cademy, when 

 all the savants who were present vied with one another in 

 their congratulations to the talented naturalist of half a 

 century. 



It would be impossible in our limited space to give a full 



