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His life was a fine example of a useful, peaceful, and happy 

 one. His important official duties yet left him sufficient time to 

 indulge that love of nature of which he has himself said that it 

 was all his life a passion with him ; and after his retirement 

 from the public service this passion, combined with a wide 

 range of information on different subjects, including a most 

 intelligent interest in many things outside the reach of his own 

 studies, an equable temper, thorough enjoyment of home, not 

 excepting its study, well stored with delightful books of reference, 

 and its garden distinguished by many beautiful flowers and some 

 pet birds, — all these rendered the last part of his life by no means 

 the least happy part of it. To his friends he was a most agree- 

 able companion, and the help and encouragement he was always 

 ready to give to younger students of Natural History will ensure 

 him for a long time to come a grateful place in the memory of 

 those who participate in the tastes that had such a fascination 

 for him, while by a much wider circle his loss will be deeply 

 mourned. 



A DARK CHAMBER FOR LARV^. 



By H. Guakd Knaggs, M.D., F.L.S. 



Now that the season for breeding Lepidoptera is coming on, 

 some instructions, accompanied by cuts, showing how easily a 

 dark chamber can be constructed, may not be out of place ; and 



a few details as to the various uses to which the apparatus may 

 be put have been added, u 2 



