128 ANNUAL REPORT. 



O^bituarg. 



Arthur White. 



Mr. Arthur White was born in London in 1871. He 

 came to Tasmania in 1903 to engage in fruitgrowing, 

 retm^ning to England in 1908. Three years afterwards 

 he came back to Tasmania, remaining till 1914. In 

 December of last year lie contracted influenza while stay- 

 ing in London, and died on 3rd January of this year. 

 Such is a brief outline of the life of one who for a short 

 period was a frequent contributor to the pages of ttie 

 "Papers and Proceedings" of tbe Society. 



Mr. White was an enthusiastic student of geology 

 and palseonto'log}', but entomology was his chief scientihc 

 interest, his work on Diptera marking him as an authority 

 on the subject. It may Oe of interest to note that he 

 contributed, by request, a paper to the Linnsean Society of 

 New South Wales on 'A Revision of the Stratiomyidse of 

 Australia." 



The study of science was Mr. White's hobby; all his 

 original work was done in the spare time of a very busiy 

 life. His brother writes: — "He could never devote all his 

 time to science. That he did so much is, I think, amaz- 

 ing, particularly as he was never a strong man. But he 

 wa.s immensely energetic and hard-working; after a Hard 

 day's work he would settle down to study his specimens 

 or to take notes from some scientific work." 



The following is a list of the articles he contributed 

 to the "Papers and Proceedings" of the Royal Society: — 



1. New Australian Asilidae, 1913. 



2. TheDiptera-Brachycera of Tasmania, Pt. I., 1914. 



3. The DiiDtera-Brachycera of Tasmania, Pt. II., 

 1915. 



4. The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania, Pt. III., 

 1916. 



5. New Australian Asilidae : with a New Classification 

 of the Asilinae, 1917. 



