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his favourite pursuits. During the entire of his absence he was never 

 forgetful of the Society, and frequently inquired of its welfare. A 

 letter to me, dated Melbourne, 10th May, 1855, speaks of the great in- 

 terest he had in making collections of shells — " The sponges were beau- 

 tiful and the birds numerous. Of Malacorynchus membranaceus I could 

 not obtain a specimen ; it is considered scarce, but not rare. It is diffi- 

 cult to procure, being of uncertain occurrence. Many of the shells and 

 crabs are identical with Irish species." From Callao Roads, Peru, he 

 wrote, 12th October, 1855 : — " To-morrow the ship expects to sail for 

 England, and I hope soon to be again among the members of the Dublin 

 Natural History Society." Giving me an interesting account of the collec- 

 tions he had made — the hardships he endured — he concludes : — " "Wish- 

 ing the Dublin Natural History Society all sorts of prosperity, and 

 hoping to be soon again among them." Agues and trials in that event- 

 ful voyage had permanently affected his constitution, so that he never 

 regained that vigour of health equal to support the ardour of so active a 

 mind. 



Early in 1 856, Dr. Kinahan again resumed his duties amongst us with 

 the same zeal and interest that ever actuated him. Erom that period 

 until the summer of 1862, when his bodily strength gave way," his con- 

 tributions were continuous to the Society, and to the kindred societies 

 of Dublin. Among the most important of his papers were — " Some 

 Account of the Guano Deposits and Inhabitants of the Chincas Islands, 

 Peru;" " Remarks on Crustacea, collected in Peru, the High Seas, and 

 South Australia, with Descriptions of Undescribed Species ;" " Remarks 

 on the Habits and Distribution of Marine Crustacea on the Eastern 

 Shores of Port Philip, Victoria, Australia, with Descriptions of Un- 

 described Species and Genera." To the Crustacea he had devoted the 

 keenest attention, and his elaborate papers on those of Ireland, with the 

 new species he has added, gained him the esteem and friendship of C. 

 Spence Bate, E. R. S., the author of valuable papers " On British Crus- 

 tacea," and of the "History of British Sessile-eyed Crustacea." Dr. 

 Kinahan's valuable papers " On Crangon and Galathea," published in 

 the " Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," and those on the Irish 

 Crangonidse, in the " Transactions" of this Society, are of high interest, 

 as well as the following : — " On Xantho rivulosa, and other Decapodous 

 Crustacea, occurring at Valentia Island, County Kerry ;" " Remarks 

 on the Zoe of Eurynome aspera, and on the occurrence of a new Irish 

 iEsop Prawn (Pandalus);" "Analogies of certain Allied Genera of 

 Terrestrial Isopoda," and "On the Genus Philoscia (Latreille), Itea 

 (Koch.), Philougria (Kinahan) ;" " On the Genus Scorpionura ;" " On 

 a Uniform Mode of naming Type Divisions ;" "On Dredging in Belfast 

 Bay;" "On the Genus Platyarthus ;" "On the Distribution of the 

 Irish Echinodermata ;" " On the Tracings formed by Patella vulgaris, 

 &c ;" " On the Mammalogia Hibernica ;" " On Hymenophyllum, &c. ;" 

 " On Rancieps trifurcatus ;" " On the Genus Oldhamia ; " On the Migra- 

 tion of Skuas," &c. 



Dr. Kinahan's active and intelligent mind was ever ready to grasp 



