196 _THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
beyond a considerable amount of shake and bruise, which for the 
present puts me quite hors de combat, and with muddled brain ; 
but I have no doubt that I shall recover in a few days.” 
Debarred from the active pursuit of entomology, he amused 
himself with his garden and greenhouse. When an entomological 
friend paid him a visit, his old ardour revived; it was soon seen 
that his intellect was unclouded, and his memory as retentive as 
ever. He was never happier than when discussing the minute 
points of difference between obscure and closely-allied species, 
which he probably had not seen for years, and recounting when, 
where, and how he captured them. 
He died at Bedford, suddenly, on the morning of the 9th 
June, 1886;* leaving a wife, two sons, and six daughters. One 
son is in South America, one daughter in India; but the 
majority of his children, not unattended by grandchildren, were 
around or near him during the closing years of his life. Ento- 
mologists were represented at his grave by the Rev. W. W. Fowler 
and Mr. Grut. 
It is curious that Dr. Power was upwards of forty years 
of age before he became the ardent collector that the existing 
generation have known him. ‘‘ The indefatigable Power,” was 
Newman’s description of the man to whom he dedicated the 
second edition of ‘The Insect Hunters;’ and, during the 
thirty years that preceded his paralytic stroke, the Doctor was 
indeed indefatigable, and was without exception the most 
energetic and successful collector in the kingdom; at first of 
Coleoptera alone, but latterly of Hemiptera also. It would be 
interesting to know how many species he added to the British 
list; but perhaps this was not his strongest point. It was 
his speciality to be able to divine the spot where some rare 
and little-known species was likely to be found, to guess 
intuitively what would be its habits: he would make up his 
mind to go and find it; and find it he usually did, often in 
abundance, where others searched in vain. As an instance of 
the way he went to work, I may refer to his capture of Drypta 
emarginata. Somebody produced a specimen at one of the 
Entomological Club meetings, and the Doctor was twitted that 
* The date is given, ante, p. 192, as the 10th June; and in Ent. Mo. Mag. xxiii. 
44, as ‘Thursday, June 9th.’’ But Thursday was the 10th. I have before me a 
letter announcing his death ‘this morning,’’ which is not only dated on, but bears 
the post-mark of, June the 9th. I think the post-mark settles the question, 
