108 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



To quote Mr. McLachlan's obituary notice in The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 

 " it "was probably by his rare artistic talent that he acquired much of his justly great 

 reputation. His drawings of insects were masterpieces of accuracy without the slightest 

 attempt at effect and rapidly executed ; few have equalled him in correct delineation. 

 There certainly never has been an entomologist, who left behind him so much evidence, 

 in practical work, of his ability to delineate insects, even to the most'minute dissections. 

 But Westwood was much more than an artist in entomology. There probably never has 

 existed, and in the present state of the science there never can again exist, one who had 

 so much general knowledge, both from personal investigation and a study of the works of 

 others ; one who was less of a specialist in the modern acceptation of the term. It is true 

 he was a specialist, but it was in the way of taking up small groups in all orders and 

 working them out thoroughly, his artistic talent giving merit and force to those small 

 monographs. Under a somewhat brusque manner was concealed a hearty sympathy for 

 all real workers, and if he offended, it was commonly in the way of pointing out to would- 

 be introducers, etc., of supposed novelties, that some one or other had already made 

 similar observations, his vast memory rendering him very dangerous in this respect. In 

 society there could be no more genial companion, full of anecdote, but with small apprecia- 

 tion of humour. At home there could be no more generous host." 



Professor Westwood was best known on this side of the Atlantic from his admirable 

 work, " An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects," which was published 

 in two volumes in 1839 and 1840. Every entomologist, worthy of the name, has no 

 doubt made a study of this book, which still continues to be the best text-book on the 

 subject in the English language. His sumptuous works on exotic insects, such as his 

 " Arcana Entomologica," " Oriental Entomology," and his edition of Drury's " Exotic 

 Insects," are also widely known, but his numerous contributions to various Natural 

 History periodicals — a mere list of which would fill a volume — are not so familiar to our 

 students. He was a most industrious and prolific writer, and made investigations in 

 almost every family of insects in all the orders. His work is always characterized by its 

 marvellous accuracy and patient elaboration of details, both of structure and habit ; very 

 rarely was he ever known to make a mistake. 



He was actively associated with the Entomological Society of London from its foun- 

 dation in 1833, and was for many years its secretary ; subsequently he was elected Presi- 

 dent at three periods of two years each, and was made Honorary Life President when the 

 Society celebrated its jubilee in 1883. He was a fellow of the Linna?an Society from 

 1827 and an Honorary or corresponding member of Scientific Societies all over the world. 



In 1858 the Rev. E. W Hope, a wealthy amateur, who had been for years a warm 

 friend and patron of Westwood, and had purchased his collections, gave them and his 

 own to the University of Oxford, and founded a Professorsliip of Invertebrate Zoology, 

 which bears his name. Westwood was appointed the first Hope Professor, and in con- 

 sequence removed to Oxford, where he was a conspicuous figure in the University for five 

 and thirty years. 



Besides his entomological work he was a distinguished Archaeologist and was widely 

 known amongst those of kindred tastes by his investigations of the " Pateographia Sacra 

 Pictoria," his " Lapidarium Wallife " and " Facsimiles of the Miniatures and Ornaments 

 of Anglo-Saxon and Irish Manuscripts." He formed a remarkable collection of carved 

 ivories and inscribed stones, as well as of insects In all respects he was a remarkable 

 man, and accomplished by dint of steady industry and enthusiastic perseverance during a 

 long life, an amount of valuable scientific work that has rarely, if ever, been excelled. 



C. J. S. B. 

 The Late H. T. Stainton, F.R.S., etc. 



Another of the leaders of English Entomology has also been taken from us in the 

 person of Mr. Henry Tibbats Stain ton, who died at his residence, Mountsfield, Lewisham, 

 near London, on the second of December, 1892, in the 7 let year of his age, after an illness 

 of several months' duration. 



His early education was received at home, and it was there no doubt, that he acquired 

 his unusual knowledge of foreign languages which at that time were little taught in 

 English Schools. After spending some time at King's College, London, he engaged ia 



