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Strethill W'kigiit's half-forgotten suggestion that the 

 nematocysts of ^îîohds are derived from their prey. He 

 also worked on heredity in Salpa donocratica mucronata. 

 For these papers, of which the former was read before the 

 Royal Society, he was awarded the Rolleston Prize in 

 1904. At Oxford he was appointed Demonstrator in 

 Zoology, and when the Indian Woods and Forests College 

 was transferred to that University, be became lcctin"er 

 in Economic Entomology. For five years he took the 

 Easter Vacation class in Marine Biology at Plymouth 

 Laboratory, and the fact that during that time his class 

 rose from six to fifty bears sound testimony to his popu- 

 larity and success as a teacher. 



In 191 1 he was awarded a Carnegie scholarship, under 

 the auspices of the Entomological Research Committee 

 of the Colonial Office, and visited the principal research 

 laboratories in the United States of America. At the 

 time of his death he was engaged on a monograph of the 

 African Braconidœ, and it is hoped that at least a portion 

 of this may yet be published. He was of a singularly 

 modest and retiring disposition, and those w-hose privilege 

 it was to know him intimately could best appreciate 

 the charm of his personality. Even for so young a man 

 he had published but little. He loved his work for its own 

 sake, rather than for any fame it might bring him. Pos- 

 sessed of an extremely logical and analytical mind, he 

 never allowed his interest in a theory to obscure the force 

 of an opponent's argument, and his share in any dis- 

 cussion always evinced a singular clearness and rapiditv' 

 of thought. Had he lived, high honours undoubtedly 

 awaited him, yet life itself could not have conferred that 

 greatest honour in which his name must henceforth be 

 held. — H. Eltringham. 



