LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. x¢el 
by his donation to the University Museum of a portrait of 
Dr. Kidd. 
On leaving college, Mr. Hope pursued his zoological studies with 
great earnestness, not confining his attention to insects only (which, 
however, subsequently became his more especial favourites), but ex- 
tending it to every branch of English animated nature, of which 
sufficient proofs appear in various notices in Mr. Yarrell’s volumes 
on ‘ British Birds and Fishes.’ His success as a collector of British 
insects was very great; and the extent of his collections, as well as 
the readiness with which he granted access to them to all persons 
engaged upon special works on various families, genera, Wc., is 
abundantly testified by the constant reference made to them in Mr. 
Stephens’s great work on English insects in general, commenced in 
1828, in Gravenhorst’s ‘ Ichneumonologia Europea,’ 1829, and in 
Gory’s great works on the Cetoniade and Buprestide. Mr. Hope, 
however, did not limit himself to English insects, but formed, at 
great expense, a very extensive exotic collection, which became 
famous on the Continent for the numerous Indian, African, and 
Australian rarities which he had succeeded in amassing. 
On March 5th, 1822, he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean 
Society. He took an active part in the formation of the Zoological 
Society in 1826, and of the Entomological in 1833, and in both 
these societies he continued to take a warm and active interest. In 
1835 he succeeded the late Mr. Children as President of the latter 
Society, which office he held for two years, the time limited by the 
bye-laws. His contributions to these different societies were very 
numerous. In these papers it may be remarked that his attention 
‘was not confined to the technical description of the numerous new 
species of insects contained in his collection, but that his inquiries 
were extended to many practical points in their economy, such as 
the supply of silk, the parasitism of insects in Man, the investigation 
of the insects mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, their ravages on 
growing wheat, &c., and on the submarine wooden constructions of 
our harbours, &c. He also published, in 1837-40, a separate work on 
Coleopterous Insects, in 3 vols. 8vo. 
During the last twenty-two years of his life the state of his health 
required his residence, for a considerable portion of each year, in 
the warmer parts of Europe ; and at Naples and Nice he continued 
his investigations, especially on the marine productions of those 
localities, forming large collections of fishes, Crustacea, &c., as well 
as of birds and shells. Being desirous of keeping these large collec- 
tions entire, and actuated by a strong devotion to his alma mater, in 
