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said that his published writings were far too few to represent 

 his extensive knowledge of our science. I cannot doubt, 

 however, that many of his memoirs, e.g., those on the Stylopidce 

 or bee-j^arasites, on the briar-insects, the fig-insects, and other 

 Hymenoptera, will have an enduring value and preserve him 

 from oblivion. His carefulness and accuracy in observation 

 and research, his kindly encouragement of those who needed 

 it, and his unfailing courtesy to all, combined to constitute a 

 man with whom it was a pleasure to be associated ; and to us, 

 at least, who have known him personally, and been allied 

 with him as Members of this Society, the memory of our 

 late colleague will continue ever green. 



The only other Member of our Society of whom, during the 

 past year, we have been deprived by a too early death is Sir 

 Arthur Douglas Bateman Scott, Bart., who had but recently 

 joined us, and died in March last in the 24th year of his age. 



Though he was not one of our body, I cannot refrain from a 

 passing reference to the loss of Edwin Birchall. A native of 

 Leeds, he was for some years resident in Dublin, and the 

 best portion of his entomological career was spent in the 

 sister isle ; whilst the latter part of his life was passed in the 

 Isle of Man, where he died on the 2nd May, 1884, at the age 

 of sixty-five years. His papers in the Ent. Mo. Mag. (vol. 

 iii., 1866, with a supplement in vol. x., 1873) are, perhaps, his 

 most important contributions to Entomological knowledge ; and 

 of these it may be said that they tell us all we know — but how 

 much less than we ought to know — of the Lepidoptera of 

 Ireland. Is it too much to hope that the Entomology of 

 Ireland may no longer be left to the casual investigation of 

 a Yorkshire Lepidopterist ? and that the day is at hand when 

 the Irish themselves will study the insects of Ireland, and 

 establish an Entomological Home Eule ? 



The Nestor of Swedish Entomologists, Olof Immanuel 

 Fahr^eus, passed quietly away on the 28th May last. He was 

 one of twin brothers, born on the 23rd March, 1796, in the 

 Island of Gothland ; having graduated at Upsala, he entered the 

 service of the Swedish Government, and was employed in the 

 Customs Department, to the head of which he eventually rose. 



