15° ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [June 27, 



June 27, 1892. 



stated meeting. 



The President, Professor H. L. Fairchild, in the chair. 



Nineteen persons present. 



In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. J. M. Davison was 

 appointed Secretary pro-tem. 



The Curator of Botany, Miss Florence Beckwith, announced 

 that Mr. Gilbert Van Ingen had presented 170 specimens of plants 

 to the Herbarium of the Academy. 



Professor S. A. Ellis, of the committee to draft resolutions on 

 the death of our late member Mr. Robert Bunker, made the follow- 

 ing report : 



Rochester, N. Y,, June 27, 1892. 

 To the Rochester Acadejuy of Science, Prof. H. L. Fairchild, Pres't. 



Dear Sir : — Your committee, appointed to present a memorial of 

 the late Robert Bunker, beg leave to submit the following : 



Robert Bunker, son of Laban and Deborah Bunker, was born in 

 (ihent, Columbia Co., N. Y., November 20th, 1820. At the age of 

 seven years, he removed with his parents to this city, where he died 

 March 6th, 1892. 



He attended the common schools until the age of fourteen or 

 fifteen, when he entered his father's shop, to learn the trade of a 

 cooper. 



It was at this time, that he developed a taste for Entomology and 

 began collecting and rearing butterflies and moths. While pursuing 

 his studies and experiments in Entomology, he took up the study of 

 the microscope and acquired considerable skill in the use of that 

 instrument. 



He was a charter member of the Rochester Academy of Science 

 and President of the Entomological section of the Society. 



Soon after the re-organization of the Academy of Science, he 

 presented to it the entomological collection, which bears his name. 

 A special feature of the collection, is the large number and variety of 

 moths it contains. 



Mr. Bunker was a man of decided literary taste, and his contri- 

 butions to the " Canadian Entomologist," " Vick's Magazine " and 



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