Mli.MOlU 01' TIIK LATE JOll.V SCALES. 
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Bi)ociiucn.^ — collected in the old times, ere agricultural improve- 
UHMitrt had bani.slied or extirpated so many animals and plants, and 
therefore impossible to replace — were consumed. 
From this time his active duties may bo said to have ceased so 
far as a man of so much mental and bodily energy can become 
inactive. Shortly after his return to England, he and his wife 
took up their abode with their son at Clapham, and notwithstand- 
ing his age, ho exercised himself in gardening work. In 1S80 tlie 
son r(‘iuoved to JJrighton, and thither he was accompanied by both 
his parents. In November of the following year !Mrs. Scales died, 
being then in her eighty-first year ; but Scales continued in the 
enjoyment of excellent health and, until within two days of his 
death, in the possc-ssion of all his faculties. The end came on the 
2r>th of September, 1884, when ho peacefully expired, having 
entered upon the second half of his ninety-first year. Ho Avas 
buried in the c.xtramural cemetery at Ihighton, in the same grave 
as his wife, and a stone, erected by their son, now marks the place 
Avhera their remains rest. That these pages may form a not les.s 
lasting memorial of so persistent a worker in Natural History is 
the object Avith Avhich they have been Avritten. 
APPENDIX A. 
Letters to ROBERT SCALES fboai A'.\Biors N.4.TrBALisTS. 
London*. Sep*. 30. 1810 
My Dear Sir 
After an absence of three months I am returned to 
Town and take an early opportunity in sending you what insects I have 
duplicates of ; they are few indeed but as I go on arranging I shall reserve 
for you whatever I may have duplicates of. I have several Neuroptera for 
you but till I have made out their names they will be very useless. I have 
sent the insects for you to Mr. Jos'* Hooker. They are, 1 Gt/rinus Marinus 
of Gyllenhall which is new to England, 2 Dytiscus \2-pustulatut, 3 Ips 
piniperda, 4 Sigara mimita 5 Livia juncorum of Latreille, 5 Lepfocems 
interruptus Leach, 6 Elmis — ?, 7 the true Lytiscus elegans of Marsham’s 
Ent. Brit, which is D. depressus Fabr. I must again regret that I have no 
more at present but when I have named all my Coleoptera I shall certainlj’ 
have a great many more duplicates that you Avant. You was good enough 
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