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OBITUAEY 
Mr. Parmer, of the Agricultural Department, supplies the 
following data regarding its life-history which will probably 
be of interest to planters. 
Egg stage, twelve days. 
Larval stage, three months. 
Pupal stage, forty days. 
Length of adult life unknown. 
OBITUAEY 
Editor 
It is with profound regret that I have to record the death 
of Mr. John Sergeant, the Honorary Secretary of the Society. 
He was killed in Nairobi in a motor accident on the afternoon 
of Tuesday, March 28, 1916. 
At the inaugural meeting of this Society, held at the 
Lieutenant-Governor’s bungalow on March 25, 1909, Mr. 
Sergeant was proposed as Honorary Secretary of the Society 
by his Excellency Sir Frederick Jackson. He accepted the 
post, and the success of the Society has been in a large measure 
due to the unstinted labour that he has devoted to its affairs. 
Before coming to East Africa he was one of the founders 
of the Avicultural Society, and he maintained a large aviary 
of British and foreign birds. The study of the habits of birds, 
of which he was a careful observer, continued to be his special 
hobby in this country. 
For his unassuming character, and his complete efficiency 
in the discharge of any duties which he undertook, Mr. Sergeant 
earned the unqualified respect of his colleagues, both in the 
Society and in his own Department of Government, the Public 
Works. His death has been a severe blow to his large circle 
of friends, and their deep sympathy is extended to his sorrowing 
widow. 
