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Hcmiptcra. His most important works are Heniiptera Gymnocerata Europse 

 (5 Vols, in 4to, 1878 — 1896), Monographia Anthocoridartim (1884), Revisio 

 synonymica Heteropterorum palxarcticorum (1888), and Beitrdge zur Phylogenic 

 und Systematik der Mirideri (1910). He was a foreign Member of the German 

 K. Leopoldiniscli-Carolinische Akademie der Natiirforscher, and an Honorary 

 Member of the Entomological Societies of Belgivim and London. 



Most of Eeviter's time was devoted to the study of the difficult family 

 3Iiridpe (Capsidae), so rich in genera and species, and in this family he was the 

 leading authority. His re-modelling of the Mirid system will for a long time 

 to come remain the solid foundation upon which all serious Hemipterists have 

 to base their future studies in this family, and Eeuter's works on the Miridse 

 are alone svifficient to ensure him a permanent place among the foremost 

 systematic entomologists. He also recently proposed a new system of the whole 

 siib-order Heteroptera, which has been generally adopted with slight modifica- 

 tions. His monograph of the Anthocoridm and of the genvxs Oncocephalus give 

 ample evidence of his keen eye for minute, but constant, up to that time over- 

 looked chai-acters. He is also the author of several papers on the Collembola, 

 Thysanoptera, and Neuroptera of Finland, and he did much to popularize his 

 favoiu'ite science. Some of his Swedish books on the biology of insects have 

 been translated into German. Renter was possessed of an extraordinary 

 working power. For the last five years he was almost unable to walk and 

 totally blind, but this influenced his energy in no way. The entomological 

 journals were read to him, and the valuable papers published in his name 

 during this period were dictated to his secretary. When the writer of tliese 

 lines saw him in June this year, he appeared to be almost broken down, and he 

 knew that his days were numbered. Nevertheless he worked restlessly all the 

 summer at an extensive paper on myrmecomimetic Hemiptera, for which he 

 had obtained material from almost all living students of ants. This work can, 

 I think, be finished by another hand. He was a gifted poet, and besides a 

 great epic poem, " Karin Mansdotter's Saga," he published four voliimes of 

 lyric songs. His poetry shows his impressible mind and enthusiastic love of 

 Nature, and many of his poems and the novels in his book " Astray," evince his 

 profound sympathy for the poor, fallen, and miserable he had met in life. He 

 was a winning and warm-hearted man, loyal in friendship, and a genial and 

 witty companion in the days of his health. His blindness and other sufferings 

 he bore with great patience, and in one of his last poems he wrote resignedly : — 



" The Power wise that took the light from me. 

 Well knew that I had seen enough indeed " 



Now he has passed the gates beyond which he hoped there would be no 

 darkness more. — E. B. 



^ocietifis. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society : 

 Thursday, July 24t?i, 1913. — Mr. A. E. Tonge, President, in the Chair. 



