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day of his death. He was one of those who promoted its removal 

 into London, and the change of name to " The City of London Ento- 

 mological and Natural History Society.'' With Sir John Lubbock 

 (now Lord Avebury) and the late W. H. Thornthwaite he was instru- 

 mental (1890-91) in arranging for the accommodation of the Society 

 in the London Institution, Finsbury Circus. 



As President, 1890-1895, and as^Honorary Treasurer, 1890-1896, of 

 the Society he always helped it generously in its financial crises. His 

 connection covered 49 years, and so regular was his attendance at 

 the meetings, that his absence from his accustomed chair cannot fail 

 to impress all the members. 



He was also a Fellow and a Life-Member of the Entomological 

 Society of London, a Member of the South London Entomological 

 Society, The Eay Society, and the Essex Field Club. During his 

 connection with the old Haggerston Society, he took part in what he 

 described as the first Entomological Exhibition ever held. He was 

 an extensive exhibitor at the Great Entomological Exhibition at the 

 Royal Aquarium, in March, 1878, and was always pleased to contribute 

 material to all such efforts. 



His collection of British lepidoptera is very extensive, covering 

 the whole order. The numerous cabinets abound with varieties and 

 aberrations, in which he took the keenest interest. Of Arctia caja it 

 is probable that no man ever previously assembled such a number of 

 curious forms. He had been able to secure fine series of our extinct 

 or very rare species. Numbering amongst his correspondents F. Bond, 

 J. T. Carrington, H. Doubleday, H. G. Knaggs, W. Machin, E. New- 

 man, J. E. Robson, H. T. Stainton, S. Stevens, and, in fact, almost 

 every well-known entomologist of the past, he was well equipped with 

 knowledge on all points of entomological lore. 



As a field entomologist he was excellent. Epping Forest, past 

 and present, was of course to him an open book. Wicken, the New 

 Forest, Folkestone, the Home Counties, North and South Devon, and 

 Scotland, were centres of his activities, and in many of these localities 

 it will be long ere he is forgotten. 



At Stevens' Auction Rooms, his was a well-known face. He always 

 knew what he wanted, and never hesitated to pay a reasonable price 

 for such specimens as he required. 



Like so many active collectors, Mr. Clark rather shrank from 

 publishing his knowledge of Natural History, but when necessary, or 

 helpful, he put his observations on record for the benefit of others. 

 His paper on Mimas tiliae (Ent. Record, vol. i.), and that on the 

 variation of Peranea cristatia, published in the Etit. Flecord, vol. xiii., 

 both beautifully illustrated, will long remain the authority upon 

 these species. He had at the present time several new forms of 

 P. cristana waiting to be named and figured. He had also in 

 contemplation a corresponding examination of Sarrothrijvis muhdanns, 

 and had, with that intention, gathered an enormous amount of 

 material, which we hope will not be lost to science. Other 

 occasional papers of his appeared from time to time in the 

 magazines, of which it may be said, as of everything he took in 

 hand, that what he did, he did thoroughly and well. Nor were his 

 interests confined to lepidoptera. For some time shortly before his 

 death, he had been arranging his collection of bees. A keen sports- 



