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„«y that their un-hoped-for co„a™a«on arHved. In Mr Wa,.h o„ 
„.ic brethren ha,e lost one of their most ene.get.c workers a „a. who 
.a „o.e than a». «- ----;-;: r; T.^r - 
^sr^r- « "- -- -- rrz 
; Lec-t pest: .u..„onnt a,i othe. considerations in the „»ds of ^he 
Though his bent evidently tended towards utd.tanan entomology M. 
J prominently forward as a man of scienoe. and h.s d,sco,er, of the 
ctiwrn not soon be forgotten. A devoted adherent to the theory of 
rfall time, rendered to his soientiSe mentor '-^^^^^^^ 
ve mistake not, the forthooming works of our ™°°"°;'' ^''''''^''P^'™ 
wmuoh he assisted him. Kespeeting ^^■'"'^''■l'T'°llZrZlZ 
tan e*act the fohowing from an Amerioau paper. ^^'^ ^^'"'^.^'^Zi 
39 believin. it gives a true portraiture of the man-" The n.e^peoted 
„;!nr L; Entomologist, Beuiamin D. Walsh, of Rook Island, from 
,s resn ting f^om his being run over by a radway train at tha. piaee, e.c. 
^1 e.ret He was a man of strong likes and dislikes-as good a hater 
, hmou eould have de,ired-and doubtless h.^ his euem,es among the e 
;opts had freely scouted,a»dwhosewr„„g.d„iugshehaunsparmg^ 
mn d • but hi. heartiness, his earnestness in the pursuit and d.ssemmat.on 
Z.: truth, his efforts in popularising and making "» ^— ^^^^^ 
.ology of immediate and practioal value to om- farmer, and tru.t grower., 
nike him regretted and remembered by all. ^^ . j 
BO : in England in 1808, aud a graduate of Trinity Oollego. he atta.ned 
L ours of a fellowship which he rcsigucd, and coming to Ilhno,,. was en^ 
d first n farming, afterwards dealing in lumber, aud finally, as he attamed a 
rlc m e tence in pursuing hi. favourite study of entomology. As ed. or 
Practcal Entomologist' in 1865-7. and afterward. -"""'"'^ 
■, Eiley, the State entomologist of Missouri, in the • Amenean Entomolog.st, 
as earned a national fame." 
:»ro»o.ou,c.. SCO... o, Lo»oo». 3rd January. 1870.-H. W. B«.s, E.,., 
i'rrn:eX\tibitionamagnificentco,lectiono,bntter.i.^^^^^^^ 
of the' Indes, and that in Mc»i. there seemed to be a spec.e. peeul»r to 
;^Sor Westw,^ e.ibited .^».- rCea^t b1 1' rt 
:::: :Cr:-e L" :: -g^ed by patohe. of the whito 
rrdt:ibitedtwoe.amplesof....d.„...~«»rrom Cornwall. about 
,^„p,es had been eaptured in that county, aud in Devon, last autumn. 
