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  'Magazin 
  der 
  Entoraologie,' 
  1813—1822. 
  

  

  ' 
  Reise 
  nach 
  Dalmatien,' 
  1817. 
  

  

  ' 
  Insectorura 
  Species 
  novae 
  aut 
  minus 
  cognitse 
  descriptionibus 
  illus- 
  

   tratge,' 
  1824 
  ; 
  (contains 
  descriptions 
  of 
  891 
  species 
  and 
  42 
  new 
  genera 
  

   of 
  Coleoplera). 
  

  

  * 
  Fauna 
  Insectorum 
  Europas,' 
  1817 
  — 
  1847. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Fischer 
  de 
  Waldheim, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  eminent 
  entomologists 
  

   that 
  Russia 
  has 
  produced, 
  was 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  that 
  glorious 
  band 
  of 
  natu- 
  

   ralists 
  whose 
  fame 
  was 
  ushered 
  in 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  century 
  ; 
  the 
  last, 
  

   I 
  should 
  say, 
  excepting 
  that 
  still 
  more 
  celebrated 
  philosopher, 
  the 
  

   Baron 
  von 
  Humboldt: 
  both 
  these 
  illustrious 
  men 
  have 
  enjoyed, 
  for 
  at 
  

   least 
  half 
  a 
  century, 
  a 
  reputation 
  which 
  year 
  after 
  year 
  has 
  increased 
  

   in 
  lustre. 
  Professor 
  Fischer 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  Leipsig 
  in 
  1770, 
  and, 
  after 
  

   a 
  most 
  useful 
  and 
  energetic 
  life, 
  died 
  at 
  Moscow 
  in 
  1853, 
  at 
  the 
  ad- 
  

   vanced 
  age 
  of 
  82 
  years. 
  In 
  1797 
  he 
  accompanied 
  Humboldt 
  to 
  

   Vienna, 
  intending 
  there 
  to 
  practise 
  medicine, 
  but 
  devoted 
  himself 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  and 
  more 
  especially 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Danube. 
  He 
  afterwards 
  made 
  a 
  scientific 
  journey 
  

   through 
  Germany 
  and 
  Switzerland, 
  and 
  then 
  removed 
  to 
  Paris, 
  where 
  

   he 
  aided 
  Cuvier 
  in 
  his 
  grand 
  work, 
  the 
  ' 
  Ossemens 
  Fossiles.' 
  In 
  1804 
  

   he 
  accepted 
  the 
  situation 
  of 
  Professor 
  and 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  at 
  

   Moscow, 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  occupy 
  it 
  to 
  his 
  death. 
  He 
  founded 
  the 
  

   Imperial 
  Society 
  of 
  Naturalists 
  of 
  Moscow, 
  contributed 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  

   Russian 
  'Annals 
  of 
  Natural 
  History,' 
  and 
  occupied 
  himself 
  most 
  in- 
  

   defatigably 
  with 
  all 
  branches 
  of 
  his 
  beloved 
  science. 
  His 
  writings 
  

   are 
  numerous, 
  and 
  amongst 
  them 
  is 
  a 
  curious 
  and 
  valuable 
  typogra- 
  

   phical 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Bible. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  eighty 
  

   learned 
  Societies, 
  and 
  was 
  knight 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  Russian 
  orders 
  : 
  

   the 
  honours 
  he 
  received 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  country 
  afford 
  a 
  notable 
  instance 
  

   that 
  Russia 
  is 
  not 
  indifferent 
  to 
  scientific 
  merit. 
  

  

  By 
  our 
  Treasurer's 
  Report 
  you 
  have 
  heard 
  that 
  our 
  finances 
  are 
  in 
  

   a 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  state 
  : 
  it 
  appears 
  that, 
  whereas, 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  audit, 
  a 
  

   deficiency 
  of 
  £28 
  was 
  reported, 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  announced 
  that 
  our 
  liabili- 
  

   ties 
  are 
  no 
  larger 
  than 
  our 
  balance 
  in 
  hand, 
  so 
  that 
  an 
  improvement 
  

   of 
  nearly 
  ^£30 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  our 
  fiscal 
  condition. 
  It 
  must, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  be 
  borne 
  in 
  mind, 
  that 
  £22 
  of 
  our 
  income 
  in 
  1853 
  arises 
  from 
  a 
  

   subscription 
  raised 
  for 
  the 
  express 
  purpose 
  of 
  defraying 
  previous 
  

   expenses; 
  and, 
  much 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  those 
  members 
  who 
  so 
  

   generously 
  assisted 
  on 
  that 
  occasion, 
  it 
  is 
  neither 
  prudent 
  nor 
  just 
  to 
  

   look 
  forward 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  revenue, 
  but 
  rather 
  so 
  to 
  restrict 
  our 
  

   outlay 
  that 
  it 
  shall 
  always 
  fall 
  within 
  our 
  legitimate 
  jpcome. 
  During 
  

  

  