148 In Memoriam : H. H. Corbett. 



He also re-discovcrcd in abundance the fine dragon fly 

 Libclliila fnlva Miill. in its old station near Askern, from which 

 Mr. Mosley had recorded it twenty years earlier. 



The Diptera had also claimed his attention during later 

 years. In truth his interests were too wide to be confined to 

 a single order or even to one sub-kingdom. The volumes of 

 The Naturalist and of the journals devoted to entomology 

 furnished ample grounds for entomologists of all kinds claiming 

 him as one of themselves. To the botanist he was a botanist, 

 and to the geologist he was a geologist, while in the section 

 of Vertebrate Zoology he was a welcome member. At the 

 meetings of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union it was often a 

 matter of eager curiosity as to which section he would for the 

 nonce throw in his lot. Of most of the sections he had been 

 at one time or another Chairman, or Convener, or both. 

 The following titles of papers, by him, published in The 

 Naturalist, attest his all-round knowledge of Natural Science : 

 ' Glacial Geology of the Neighbourhood of Doncaster,' (Parts 

 of) Various Reports of the Yorkshire Boulder Committee, 

 ' Neolithic Flint Implements from Doncaster,' ' Ecological 

 Notes on two South Yorkshire Marshes,' and ' Ten'estrial 

 Mollusca at Doncaster.' 



In 1919 he was elected a Fellow of the Linncan and 

 Entomological Societies. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union held at Bradford, December 9th, 1920, he was elected 

 President for 1921 . The following letter accepting the position 

 was read to the meeting : — 



' For the past fifteen or twenty years it has been one 

 of the dreams of my life, that if I lived long enough, I 

 might be considered a fit occupant of the Presidential Chair 

 of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. But when I look 

 down the list of past Presidents and see such names as 

 Foster, Williamson, Dawkins, and many others, I hardly 

 feel that I stand in the same category ; still, if Yorkshire 

 Naturalists think me a fairly representative member of 

 themselves, I shall be only too proud to accept the honour 

 they offer me.' 



The choice of President gave widespread satisfaction 

 throughout the Union, and was keenly appreciated by the 

 doctor himself. At the time he was recuperating at Broad- 

 stairs after a severe operation. Shortly after his return I 

 spent the afternoon of December 30th with him, and was 

 delighted to find him so well, looking, in fact, much as usual. 

 He expressed himself as being almost as fit as at any time in 

 his life^ He spoke with pleasurable pride on his election, 

 and discussed with zest the excursions fixed for the year, 

 more especially that to Went worth, which, though com- 



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