In Memoriam : Robert H. Philip. 151 



grave, read an admirable paper on the Uredineae, which was 

 much appreciated, and was printed in the pages of this journal. 

 At the Sedburgh meeting of the same Union he read an admir- 

 able paper on the ' Diatoms of the Sedburgh District,' which 

 was far more than a mere list of the species occurring in that 

 area, and demonstrated that with such a well-known subject 

 as that of the diatoms, there was much original work still to 

 be done, and his remarks had much bearing upon the question 

 of the evolution of these lowly forms of life. 



For many years the pages of The Naturalist have been 

 enriched by his writings, and as Secretary of the Yorkshire 

 Micro-Zoology and Micro-Botany Committee, he has long 

 assisted Yorkshire naturalists in their work. In Hull par- 

 ticularly, is his loss felt. The Hull Scientific and Field Natura- 

 lists' Club, of which he was a past-president, revered and 

 respected him. He rarely missed a meeting or excursion, and 

 never came but the members derived some benefit from his 

 knowledge. He was also exceedingly clever at writing poetry, 

 particularly in the way of humorous parody. His poem on 

 ' Our Average Member,' prepared for a social gathering of the 

 Hull Club, and printed in the Hull Club's Transactions, has 

 especial merit. 



Perhaps the greatest single piece of work he accomplished 

 was the examining and cataloguing of the enormous collection 

 of East Yorkshire, etc., diatoms, formed by the late George 

 Norman, and now in the museum at Hull. In this he had the 

 co-operation of Mr. F. W. Mills, F.R.M.S., of Huddersfield. 

 and, in addition to Norman's records, he included many addi- 

 tional observations of his own. This work, which contained 

 an illustration of each species, originally appeared in the 

 Transactions of the Hull Club, and was subsequently published 

 by Messrs. Wesley and Sons, London,* and each year the 

 Transactions of the same society have included illustrated 

 papers containing additional records to this list, as some evi- 

 dence of his zeal. 



He was the true type of naturalist. As a writer he was 

 splendid. As a critic, humorous and severe, but kindly. But 

 only those who were favoured by his friendship can appreciate 

 his sterling worth. 



But however great is our loss, that of the widow and children 

 must be much more. And we feel sure that every reader of 

 this journal will join us in our sympathy with them. — T. S. 



In The Entomologist's Record for March, Mr. H. C. DoUman describes 

 a beetle (which usually has plain elytra, but in this particular case has 

 ' six ivory black spots ') under the delightful name Mysia obloiigogttttata L., 

 ab. nigvogitttata n. ab. 



* The Diatomacca^ of the Hull District. 4/6. 

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