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entomology that this country has possessed in recent years, 

 and one of the inner circle of the highest authorities in the 

 world," 



Only last year the University of Edinburgh conferred on her 

 the LL.D., the highest honorary distinction of merit within 

 its power. This was the first time a lady had received such 

 an honour in the Scottish capital. Sir Ludovic Grant, the 

 Secretary to the Senatus, in presenting Miss Ormerod to the 

 Vice- Chancellor, said: — 



" A duty now devolves upon you, Sir, which has devolved upon 

 none of your predecessors, and of which the performance will render 

 the present occasion memorable in the annals of the University. Our 

 roll of Hon. Graduates in Law contains the names of many illustrious 

 men, bat you will search it in vain for the name of a woman. To-day, 

 however, a new roll is to be opened — a roll of illustrious women ; and 

 it is matter for congratulation that this roll should begin with a name 

 so honoured as that of Miss Ormerod. The pre-eminent position 

 which Miss Ormerod holds in the world of science is the reward of 

 patient study and unwearying observation. Her investigations have 

 been chiefly directed towards the discovery of methods for the preven- 

 tion of the ravages of those insects wliich are injurious to orchard, 

 field, and forest. Her labours have- been crowned with such success 

 that she is entitled to be hailed as the protectress of agriculture and 

 the fruits of the earth — a beneficent Demeter of the nineteenth 

 century. It would take long to enumerate her contributions to 

 Entomological and Phonological literature, but I may select for men- 

 tion the valuable series of Reports extending over twenty years, the 

 preparation of which involves correspondence with all parts of the 

 world. Remarkable too is the list of the honours which she has 

 received. She was the first lady to be admitted a Fellow of the Royal 

 Meteorological Society, and she has been awarded the Silver Medal 

 of the ' Societe Nationale d'Acclimatation ' of France. To these 

 distinctions the University of Edinburgh, sensible of her conspicuous 

 services, and not unmindful of her generous benefactions, now adds 

 its Doctorate in Laws." 



The Annual Report of Injurious Insects published this year 

 contains a note of farewell. She had lived to see her work 

 finished. The histories of our worst insect pests had been 

 gradually completed. It was only by almost heroic energy and 

 determination that she had replied, in full and courteous manner, 

 to constant inquiry ; and now the time had come for a mere 

 reference to published information. She had heen collecting 

 reminiscences of her early life ; retirement would give oppor- 

 tunity for preparing these for publication, and this became for a 

 few months her chief interest. Then came serious illness, and, 

 though the mind remained strong and clear, the bodily powers 

 had failed. Death took place on the 19th July; she was 

 seventy-three years old. So passed away a life of altruism, 

 whose loss will be mourned both far and near. — T. P. N. 



