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observing life-histories, and thereby enriching entomological 

 science. But in our great centres the pursuit is too liable to 

 take the form of what may be termed sensuous intellectual grati- 

 fication, much to be preferred to the aimless pursuits of the vast 

 majority, but causing a ciM'taiii amount of regret that so much 

 energy should result in so little scientilic gain. 



Obituary. 

 There is a mournful side to everything, even to prosperity. 

 Since our last Anniversary it hafs come to the knowledge of the 

 Council that six Fellows have died, viz. : — Baron Edgar von 

 Harold, Mons. JuLiis Lichtenstein, Mr. F. E. Robinson, Mr. 

 E. Shuttlevvokth, Mr. C. G. Wkbsdai.e, and the Rev. C. A. F. 



KUPER. 



Baron Edgar von tlarold, of Munich, who joined this Society 

 in 1858, died on August ist, 1886. Down to the present time 

 there does not appear to have been published any detailed account 

 of his life and labours as an entomologist, and this short notice 

 has been drawn up from imperfect data. His speciality con- 

 sisted in Lamellicorn Coleoptera, and his first essay appeared 

 in the ' Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift ' for 1859 ; his last, so 

 far as I am aware, appeared in the same 'Zeitschrift' for 1885, 

 and was a critique on the latest Catalogue of European Coleoptera. 

 In the interval between these dates his activity was very great. 

 He produced a multitude of papers, chiefly, but by no means 

 exclusively, on Lamellicorns, and they proved him to be a 

 systematic worker of tlie highest order. In 1807 he started a 

 periodical under the title ' Coleopterologische Hefte,' which 

 continued down to 187 U, and then lie became editor of the 

 ' Mittheilungen des miiuchener entomologischen Vereins,' until it 

 ceased to appear in 1881. His name will ever be remembered in 

 connection with the ' Catalogus Coleopterorura,' commonly known 

 as the ' Munich Catalogue,' a gigantic undertaking commenced in 

 conjunction with Ui". (Tcmniiuger in 1 8(38, and finished in 1870. 

 Probably nothing has given a greater impetus to the study of 

 Coleoptera than this Catalogue, although, naturally, there was 

 considerable outcry during its publication on account of changes in 

 nomenclature, an inconvenience inseparable from every publication 

 of this nature conscientiously compiled from an investigation of 

 the published literature. For a few years he compiled the order 



