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During the progress of the 'British Entomology,' Mr. Curtis 

 frequently contributed illustrated papers to various ' Transactions,' 

 magazines, &c. In the ' Transactions of the Linnean Society ' will 

 be found a valuable paper on the insects collected by Captain King 

 on the coast of South America, and also a paper, illustrated by one 

 of his exquisite plates, on the insects collected by Captain Eoss in 

 the Arctic regions. His contributions to the ' Gardener's Chronicle,' 

 on insects injurious to Agriculture and the produce of the garden, 

 amounted to about 120 papers ; these are signed " Euricola." Perhaps 

 the most valuable results of his scientific investigations are to be 

 found in the series of " Eeports on the Economy of Insects obnoxious 

 to the Farmer and Gardener ; " these, as you are aware, were pub- 

 lished in the 'Journal of the Eoyal Agricultural Society;' they 

 were sixteen in number, and were illustrated by a series of plates 

 engraved by myself from the beautiful drawings of the author of 

 the papers. 



You are all aware that we have too frequently to regret the 

 jealousies that arise between brother naturalists, and how often the 

 friendship of years is broken by some untoward clashing of profes- 

 sional interests. In the life of Mr. Curtis such an event took place, 

 and severed for many years two of the most eminent entomologists 

 of those days. It is, however, a satisfaction to know, that some 

 time previous to the death of Mr. James Francis Stephens, a recon- 

 ciliation between them took place ; and it was no uncommon circum- 

 stance to see them both in the insect room at the British Museum 

 discussing entomological matters in friendly communion. All jea- 

 lousies and bitterness, if any such remained, were buried by Mr. 

 Curtis long before his death ; let his good report alone live after 

 him. 



It now becomes my duty to record the loss which this Society has 

 sustained in one of its oldest Members, John Walton, Esq., F.L.S., 

 of Knaresborough, Yorkshire. 



Mr. Walton was born at Knaresborough, on the 33rd of July, 1784. 

 On the completion of his education he was placed in the counting- 

 house of his uncle, a sugar refiner, in Eupert Street, Whitechapel, 

 whom he ultimately succeeded in that business. At an early 

 period of his residence in London he became a member of the Mathe- 

 matical Society of Spitalfields, in which he studied the Sciences of 

 Chemistry and Botany with much assiduity, especially the former, 

 which he applied practically to the refinement of sugar, with great 

 success and pecuniary advantage. In 1833, finding his long-continued 



