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Eschscholtz by Chamisso. Eschscholtz was here again in 1824. 

 Theodore Hartweg* was at Monterey in 1 846-1 847. 



While the Russians working down the coast barely reached 

 San Francisco Bay, the Spanish were working up and reached the 

 same point. But there were no naturalists in the Spanish inva- 

 sion ; their interest was in establishing missions. 



The period from 1849 to 1859 saw an immense immigration of 

 all sorts and conditions of men, seeking gold. Not a few natur- 

 alists were among them. P. J. M. Lorquin was about the first to 

 arrive in 1849 from France. He had previous experience in 

 collecting in France and Algeria, and was well acquainted with 

 Boisduval, the noted French coleopterist, and when he came to 

 California he collected enthusiastically for Boisduval, as may be 

 seen from the latter 's 1852 paper, the classic in California ento- 

 mology. Lorquin was in the State until 1859, when he left for 

 China. He collected through the whole length of the State, com- 

 ing to Los Angeles and San Diego by land and returning to San 

 Francisco by water. Hans Herman Behr came to San Francisco 

 in 1851, and lived there until his death in 1904. He was the 

 greatest of the pioneer entomologists, as well as a botanist. He 

 described quite a number of our butterflies and moths. 



The California Academy of Sciences, the oldest scientific so- 

 ciety in the State, was founded April 4, 1853, by six men ; and 

 until about 1890 was the center of scientific activity in California. 

 Among the early members in the fifties were: George W. Dunn,t 

 James Behrens,$ H. H. Behr,§ Lorquin. || Most of Behr's con- 



* The checklist of Coleoptera makes one allusion to this traveler, — 6167 

 Trichoxys hartwegii White. 



t Beetles have been named for Dunn by Professor Rivers and Colonel 

 Casey. He was a genial soul, always " on his uppers," who collected in- 

 sects, plants, shells, anything else he could sell. Like Micawber, he waited 

 for something to turn up. He died in 1905 at the almshouse in San 

 Francisco, at an age well above go. 



$ Long life also was given to Behrens. Beetles were named for him by 

 Mannerheim, Leconte, Horn and Candeze. Types of Lepidoptera were named 

 for him by Hulst, Packard, Chambers, Grote, Edwards, Stretch, and John 

 B. Smith. He died in San Jose in 1897. Some years previously he shipped 

 his personal collection to his native Lubeck, in Germany, where it now is. 



§ Lepidoptera are named for Behr by Stretch, Edwards and Smith. He 

 lived well beyond 80 years. 



tl One well known Cerambycid bears Lorquin's name. His lepidopterous 

 discoveries are recorded by Boisduval, Guenee, Grote & Robinson, and Behr. 



