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Destruction of Cocci." Mr, Ingpcn was also an enthusiast in Horti- 

 culture, and contributed many articles to the 'Gardener's Magazine' 

 and ' Horticultural Magazine.' His garden was so well stocked with 

 rarities, and kept in such exquisite order, that the late Mr. Loudon 

 ])aid it a visit lor the express purpose of describing it in the ' Gar- 

 dener's Magazine.' He died of cholera, at his residence at Chelsea, 

 on the 14th of September, 1854, in the 58th year of his age. He was 

 a man of mild and inoffensive character, and was beloved and respected 

 by all who enjoyed his friendship. By far the greater part of Mr. 

 Ingpen's contributions to science being strictly anonymous, I am un- 

 able to give any of their titles, with the exception of those above 

 mentioned. 



George Newport, whose name stands first and almost alone as a 

 British physiological entomologist, was born at Canterbury on the 14th 

 of February, 1803, and was apprenticed to his father, a wheelwright, 

 residing in that city. His taste for Natural History was early noticed, 

 and he was appointed to the Curatorship of the Natural History Mu- 

 seum immediately on its establishment : the decided bent of his inclina- 

 tions, thus evinced, led to a dislike of business and to a preference for 

 the study of medicine ; he consequently became a pupil of Mr. Weekes, 

 of Sandwich, and soon afterwards came to London to attend lectures 

 at the London University : here he wrote a paper on the Nervous Sys- 

 tem of Sphinx Liguslri, and on the changes it undergoes while the 

 insect is progressing to maturity. This essay was read before the Royal 

 Society, and printed in the ' Philosophical Transactions.' No sooner 

 was it known than its merits were admitted, and the author was at 

 once acknowledged to be the most profound physiological entomolo- 

 gist that this country has produced. This remarkable essay is distin- 

 guished by the elaborate and conscientious care with which the most 

 minute details are worked out, and it is worthy of record that many of 

 the delicate and difficult dissections were made with the assistance 

 of a single lens. Papers of a similar character rapidly succeeded 

 each other, and occupied him almost up to the hour of his death : of 

 these I can only give the titles; a volume might be occupied in cri- 

 tically analyzing the works themselves. He was elected a member of 

 the Entomological Society in 1835, and filled the President's chair in 

 1843 and 1844, but resigned his membership in 1818: he was also a 

 Fellow of the Royal and Linnean Societies. While engaged in his 

 researches on the changes which the ovum of the frog undergoes during 

 its development, it became necessary to examine the living objects in 

 all their stages ; and in his zeal to })rocure these, during the chilly 



