188 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



(Locustaria), from the Amazons, supposed to be new to science," 

 Journal of Entomology, 1862, vol. i, p. 474. 



It has been said of him by a well-known entomologist that as 

 a collector, a field naturalist, a philosophical observer, and a 

 systematic writer, Mr. Bates has equally filled a commanding 

 position in the science he loved so well, and with this rare com- 

 bination of endowments it may be claimed for his memory that 

 he was probably the greatest, and certainly the most respected, 

 entomologist of his time. 



As to the services which he rendered to the Geographical 

 Society during the twenty-seven years in which he filled the post 

 of Assistant Secretary, their value may be estimated from the 

 highly complimentary testimony* of Mr. Clements Markham, 

 C.B., F.K.S., who became Honorary Secretary of the Society in 

 1863 (the year before Mr. Bates was appointed Assistant Secre- 

 tary), and held the office for twenty-five years. "It would be 

 difficult," he says, " to estimate the benefits that the Society has 

 derived from the services of Mr. Bates since he became its 

 Assistant Secretary in 1864, because they made themselves felt 

 in so many directions and in so many ways. . . . His use- 

 fulness was perhaps most felt in the assistance and advice he 

 gave to travellers, and indeed to anyone who came to him on 

 geographical business. They invariably found in him not only 

 a man ready to impart information and advice, but a trustworthy 

 and sympathising friend." 



Of honours Bates received many. Perhaps the one most 

 valued was the order bestowed on him by the Emperor of Brazil 

 in recognition of his services as an explorer. He was a Fellow 

 of the Entomological Society (of which he was twice President), 

 of the Linnean Society, and of the Koyal Society, to which latter 

 dignity he was elected (too tardily) in 1881. 



* Proc. Koy. Geogr. Soc, April, 1892, pp. 254—255. 



