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1839, he read before the same Society some notes on the habits 
of British ants, which, however, were not printed until 1842 
(Trans. Ent. Soc. i. 151). From 1842 to the time of his death 
his publications were unceasing; and some idea of his activity 
may be gathered from the fact that the Royal Society's Catalogue 
of Scientific Papers enumerates no less than ninety-seven prior to 
1863, the chief of which appeared in the ‘Annals and Magazine 
of Natural History,’ the ‘ Zoologist,’ the ‘Transactions of the 
Entomological Society,’ and the ‘Proceedings of the Linnean 
Society.’ During the last fifteen years the stream has continued 
to flow on; and it is probably within the mark to say that at the 
time of his death there had appeared from Mr. Smith’s pen, in the 
various scientific publications, not less than one hundred and 
fifty entomological papers, many of them monographs of high 
importance, all of them containing something that was worthy of 
record. ‘To these must be added the works compiled by him for 
the Trustees of the British Museum, including the Catalogues of 
British Hymenoptera (with sixteen plates, 1855 and 1858; a 
second edition of the Andrenide and Apide, in 1876), and the 
Catalogues of the Hymenopterous Insects of the whole world 
(seven parts, with thirty-seven plates, 1853 to 1859),—works 
which, under the modest title of Catalogues, in addition to 
the synonymy, contain detailed descriptions of hosts of new 
species, and notes on habits and economy. 
Elected a member of the Entomological Society in 1850, he 
was one of the most constant in his attendance, and for many 
years served on the Council. He was President in 1862 and 1863, 
was repeatedly a Vice-President, and had been re-appointed to that 
office only a fortnight before his death. All who have been in 
the habit of frequenting the meetings of the Society will 
remember his never-failing readiness to impart his knowledge to 
others; and whenever he was appealed to on any question con- 
nected with our indigenous Hymenoptera he had always something 
valuable to communicate, not taken second-hand from others, but 
the result of his own personal observation. 
With regard to exotic species it may perhaps be doubted 
whether he kept himself sufficiently acquainted with all that was 
being done by his contemporaries abroad; but as regards the 
British Hymenoptera he was for the last quarter of a century 
without a rival. An accurate observer, he has done much to 
