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(vol. i, p. 458, edit. 1869) : " I had a letter of introduction to Dr. Mohnike, the 

 Chief Medical Officer of the Moluccas, a German and a naturalist. He kindly 

 offered me a room during my stay in Amboina, and introduced me to his junior, 

 Dr. Doleschall, a Hungarian, and also an Entomologist. He was an intelligent and 

 most amiahle young man, but I was shocked to find that he was dying of consump- 

 tion, though still able to perform the duties of his office, (p. 461) I enjoyed myself 

 much in the society of the two doctors, both amiable and well-educated men, and 

 both enthusiastic Entomologists. Dr. Doleschall studied chiefly the flies and spiders, 

 but also collected butterflies and moths, and in his boxes I saw grand specimens of 

 the emerald Ornithoptera Priamus, and the azure Papilio Ulysses, with many more 

 of the superb butterflies of this rich island." Mr. Wallace's first visit to Amboina 

 took place in December, 1857. 3. An interpellation by Mr. Ellenrieder in the 

 Society of Natural History in Batavia (Natuurk. Tijd. Nederl. Indie, Batavia, 1859, 

 Ser. iv, Deel vi, p. 239) about the fate of the scientific collections of Doleschall. 

 He was told in reply, that an enquiry had been made, but without result. 



Not long ago I had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of Dr. O. 

 Mohnike, mentioned by Mr. Wallace in the above quoted paragraph, and it is to his 

 kindness that I owe the details about Dr. Doleschall's life, which I am about to 

 publish. Dr. Mohnike was Doleschall's chief and friend, and as such, is in possession 

 of the most trustworthy data about him. 



Carl Ludwig Doleschall was born on the 15th July, 1827, in Yag Jtjhelij in 

 Hungary, and died in Amboina, February 26th, 1859, as " Officier von Grezondheid 

 der tweede Klasse " (Health Officer of the second class, which answers to the rank of 

 First Lieutenant). His father had been Protestant Minister in Hungary. Young 

 Doleschall studied medicine in Yienna, but had, at the same time, to earn a living 

 by giving lessons. Among his best friends, at that time, was Dr. Cajetan Felder, 

 later Burgomaster of Yienna, known for his love of Entomology and his large col- 

 lections of LepidopAera. His son, Budolf Felder (who also became afterwards 

 known as a Lepidopterist, and died m 1871, at the age of 29) was one of Doleschall's 

 pupils.* 



After having obtained his Doctor'6 degree, Doleschall remained some time in 

 Yienna, but left in 1852 for Holland, where, on the 4th of January, 1853, he found 

 employment as Health Officer of the third class (Second Lieutenant) in the Military 

 Medical Department of the Dutch East Indies. Sent to Java, he was at first em- 

 ployed in Ambarawa, later in Djokdjokerta, both military posts in Central Java. 

 His residence in both places lasted two years and three months, whereupon he was 

 called to Batavia, in order to pass an examination for a higher rank of service. 

 Having been successful, he was promoted as First Lieutenant, and transferred, at his 

 own request, to Amboina, in order to have better opportunities for his Entomological 

 studies. The Chief of the whole Medical Department in the Dutch East Indies 

 gave him a letter of introduction to Dr. Mohinke, the head of that department in 

 the Moluccas, in which the latter was requested to allow Doleschall as much time as 

 possible for his studies in Natural History. It was in Amboina that Doleschall 

 wrote his three papers on Diptera, as well as those on Arachnidce. 



Doleschall was an excellent draughtsman and a good linguist ; he could speak 



* About R. Felder and his father, compare a notice by Dr. Schiner in the Verhandl. zool.-bot. 

 Gea., 1872. Their connection with Doleschall is also mentioned. 



