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He was strongly opposed to the views of Darwin and his im- 

 mediate followers, and in the controversy which followed the 

 publication of the ' Origin of Species ' he appeared in print 

 amongst the oppositionists. He was content, however, with this 

 protest, for controversy was distasteful to him, and he preferred 

 the quiet of his study to the excitement of debate. 



He devoted himself to the arrangement of the fine collection 

 of insects under his charge at Oxford, and in due course 

 described and figured the new and rare species in the Hope 

 Museum in his splendid ' Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis.' 



In the same year (1874) he produced a second edition of his 

 * Butterflies of Great Britain,' for which he prepared the plates 

 as well as the text; and in 1880 appeared his final great work, 

 the * Bevisio Insectorum Familige Mantidarum.' 



The volumes named may be regarded as his chief contribu- 

 tions to science, in addition to which he published innumerable 

 memoirs in the 'Proceedings' and 'Transactions' of various 

 learned societies, and to the scientific journals of the day, 

 which for sixty years he continued to enrich with his com- 

 munications. A recognised authority on Economic Ento- 

 mology, he was for many years on the staff of the ' Gardeners' 

 Chronicle,' acting as editor of that particular department, and 

 in the opinion of those best qualified to judge, no writer of 

 the present age has done more to advance our knowledge of 

 the structure and life-history of insects than he has. 



Taking up small groups in all Orders and working them out 

 thoroughly, he contrived by his clear descriptions and excellent 

 illustrations to remove a great deal of old-world misconception, 

 and in these monographs, by laying new and solid foundations of 

 fact, he has admirably paved the way for further research by 

 those of a younger generation who may have the energy and the 

 ability to follow in his footsteps. 



