184 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF DUBLIN. 
Dr. D. Moore, F. L. 8., read the following Obituary Notice of the 
late Admiral Jones, F. L.8., F. G.S., accompanying the presentation of 
a further Fasciculus of Irish Lichens, i in continuation of the series already 
given by him to the Society :— 
‘‘ T have been requested by W. T. Jones, Esq., nephew and executor 
of our late esteemed and distinguished member, Admiral Jones, to pre- 
sent a Fifth Fasciculus of Irish Lichens, in continuation of the series al- 
ready given to the Society by him. The four Fasciculi which were 
previously presented, during the two preceding Sessions, are in the pos- 
session of the Society, and that now on the table has been made up 
since the first presentation. The last conversation I had with the late 
Admiral was concerning this donation, when he told me he intended to 
accompany the Fasciculus with a paper on Irish Lichens, containing all 
the additions of species and corrections in nomenclature up to the present 
time. This intention, alas! he did not live to realize, His nephew 
has, however, done all he could to carry out the wishes of his uncle, 
by requesting me to present these Lichens this evening. The value of 
such a complete collection of those interesting plants to a society like 
this, which has among its principal objects the training up of a race of 
young naturalists, and of affording facilities to those who are studying 
Trish botany and zoology, must be obvious. With the exception of the 
collection of Mr. Carroll, of Cork, this is the most complete collection 
of Irish Lichens extant, The accompanying catalogues, referring to the 
fascicul, are all written up correctly, and render the plants available 
for study. 
‘‘ Tt has been our custom to make mention of the deaths of our mem- 
bers when they occurred, and I trust it will not be considered out of place 
to make a brief allusion to that of our distinguished member, whom we 
allso much regret. By reference to ‘O’Brien’s Naval Biography,’ I 
find it stated that the late Admiral Theophilus Jones, born 1790, was 
second son to the Rey. J. Jones, of Merrion-square, Dublin, rector of 
Urney, in the county Derry, grandson of the Right Hon. Theophilus 
Jones, M. P., who married a daughter of the Earl of Tyrone. He en- 
tered the navy on the Ist of June, 1803, as first-class volunteer, on 
board the ‘Melpomene’ frigate, and in the course of the following year 
was twice engaged, as midshipman at the bombardment of Havre. In 
1805 he removed to the ‘ Euryalis’ 36-gun frigate, and was on board 
the ‘ Ajax’ in 1807, when that ship took fire and blew up near Tenedos. 
He being then received into the ‘ Endymion,’ 40 guns, he served at the 
forcing of the passage of the Dardanelles; after which, on his return 
to England, May, 1808, he joined the ‘ Warspite,’ 74 guns, and was em- 
ployed in the North Sea, Channel, and Mediterranean until 1810, when 
he shared in a gallant action with the Toulon fieet. In February, 1815, 
on his arrival from the Cape of Good Hope, in the ‘ Dolphin,’ Mr. Jones 
found he had been promoted to the rank of commander. On the 12th 
May, 1827, he obtained the captaincy of the ‘ Prince Regent,’ 120 guns. 
Hie obtained his rank of admiral in 1858. During a considerable num- 
