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  vicinity 
  of 
  Calcutta, 
  he 
  was 
  seized 
  with 
  fever, 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  

   apparently 
  slowly 
  recovering, 
  when, 
  at 
  the 
  recommendation 
  of 
  his 
  

   friends, 
  he 
  undertook 
  a 
  palanquin 
  journey 
  to 
  Delhi, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  recruiting 
  his 
  strength 
  ; 
  on 
  his 
  return, 
  however, 
  to 
  Calcutta, 
  the 
  

   excitement 
  attendant 
  on 
  the 
  trip 
  subsiding, 
  he 
  grew 
  rapidly 
  worse, 
  

   and 
  alarming 
  symptoms 
  presenting 
  themselves, 
  he 
  was 
  urged 
  at 
  once 
  

   to 
  return 
  to 
  England 
  ; 
  to 
  this 
  he 
  acceded, 
  but 
  unhappily 
  the 
  virulence 
  

   of 
  the 
  fever 
  had 
  so 
  prostrated 
  him 
  that 
  he 
  never 
  rallied, 
  and 
  expired 
  

   on 
  the 
  5th 
  of 
  May, 
  a 
  (e\v 
  days 
  subsequent 
  to 
  the 
  departure 
  of 
  the 
  

   vessel. 
  During 
  his 
  short 
  sojourn 
  in 
  India 
  he 
  prosecuted 
  Entomology 
  

   with 
  enthusiasm, 
  and 
  his 
  collections, 
  now 
  in 
  his 
  father's 
  possession, 
  

   afford 
  ample 
  evidence 
  how 
  industriously 
  he 
  devoted 
  every 
  spare 
  

   moment 
  and 
  opportunity 
  to 
  its 
  pursuit. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  we 
  have 
  lost 
  two 
  other 
  entomologists, 
  unconnected 
  

   indeed 
  with 
  our 
  Society, 
  but 
  whose 
  names 
  have 
  long 
  been 
  famiHar 
  to 
  

   the 
  veriest 
  tyro 
  in 
  our 
  science 
  ; 
  I 
  allude, 
  of 
  course, 
  to 
  Friedrich 
  Ger- 
  

   mar 
  and 
  the 
  venerable 
  Fischer 
  de 
  Waldheim. 
  

  

  Ernst 
  Friedrich 
  Germar 
  was 
  born 
  on 
  the 
  3rd 
  of 
  November, 
  1786 
  ; 
  

   at 
  twelve 
  years 
  of 
  age 
  he 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  school 
  at 
  Meiningen, 
  where 
  one 
  

   of 
  our 
  most 
  illustrious 
  entomologists, 
  Clairville, 
  was 
  then 
  residing: 
  in 
  

   1807 
  he 
  removed 
  to 
  Leipsig, 
  and 
  purchased 
  the 
  celebrated 
  collection 
  

   of 
  Inspector 
  Hilbner, 
  in 
  Halle 
  : 
  this 
  collection 
  is 
  repeatedly 
  referred 
  

   to 
  in 
  the 
  works 
  of 
  Fabricius, 
  and 
  was 
  valuable 
  as 
  containing 
  many 
  of 
  

   the 
  type-specimens 
  of 
  that 
  great 
  entomologist. 
  He 
  here 
  also 
  made 
  the 
  

   acquaintance 
  of 
  Kunze 
  and 
  Kaden. 
  In 
  1810 
  he 
  obtained 
  the 
  degree 
  

   of 
  Doctor 
  of 
  Philosophy 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Halle. 
  In 
  1811 
  he 
  

   made 
  a 
  tour 
  in 
  Dalmatia. 
  In 
  1815 
  he 
  married 
  Wilhelmine 
  Keferstein, 
  

   with 
  whom 
  he 
  lived 
  happily, 
  although 
  childlessly, 
  during 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   of 
  his 
  life. 
  In 
  1817 
  he 
  was 
  appointed 
  extraordinary, 
  and 
  in 
  18*24, 
  

   ordinary 
  Professor 
  of 
  Mineralogy 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Halle 
  : 
  he 
  died 
  

   in 
  July 
  1853, 
  aged 
  66 
  years 
  and 
  8 
  months. 
  

  

  The 
  works 
  of 
  Professor 
  Germar 
  are 
  numerous 
  and 
  valuable, 
  prin- 
  

   cipally 
  on 
  the 
  sciences 
  of 
  Entomology 
  and 
  Mineralogy, 
  in 
  both 
  of 
  

   which 
  his 
  reputation 
  stood 
  very 
  high. 
  The 
  first 
  series 
  of 
  Professor 
  

   Germar's 
  Magazine 
  was 
  commenced 
  in 
  1813, 
  and 
  concluded 
  in 
  1818 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  second 
  was 
  commenced 
  in 
  1839, 
  and 
  continued 
  under 
  the 
  

   same 
  title 
  till 
  1845, 
  when 
  it 
  merged 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Linnaea 
  Entomologica,' 
  

   which 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  publication. 
  Professor 
  Germar's 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  entomological 
  works 
  are 
  as 
  under: 
  — 
  

  

  ' 
  Dissertatio 
  sistens 
  Bombycum 
  Species 
  secundum 
  oris 
  partium 
  di- 
  

   versitatem 
  in 
  nova 
  genera 
  distributas,' 
  1810 
  — 
  1812. 
  

  

  