Merlin Owen Pasco
Merlin Owen Pasco (1892 – 6 August 1918) was a New Zealand Entomology, entomologist. Pasco discovered several species of moth previously unknown to science and collected numerous specimens. Early life and collecting Pasco was born in Kumara, New Zealand, Kumara and moved to Queenstown, New Zealand, Queenstown as a child. An amateur entomologist, Pasco created a significant collection of New Zealand lepidoptera in the early 1900s. His collection was particularly notable as it contained specimens collected in and around Queenstown, New Zealand, Queenstown and included Type (biology), type specimens of numerous moth species. Pasco was one of the most productive collectors of type specimens of beetle species described by Thomas Broun. Broun acknowledged the research assistance Pasco gave him and named the beetle species ''Pterostichus pascoi'' in Pasco's honour. However this species name was subsequently synonymised by Everard Baldwin Britton and this beetle is now known as ''Me ...
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Kumara, New Zealand
Kumara is a town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located south of Greymouth, close to the western end of , which leads across Arthur's Pass to Christchurch. The Taramakau River flows past to the north. The population was 285 in the 2018 census, a decrease of 24 (7.76%) from 2013. The name may come from the Māori language Kohe mara, which is the blossom of the tātarāmoa, or bush lawyer. The Coast to Coast annual multisport race starts at Kumara Beach. History Kumara was founded and became one of the country's chief gold mining centres following the discovery of gold at Dillmanstown, about to the south-east, in 1876. The tramline from Greymouth to Paroa was extended to Kumara the following year. The population was 4,220 in October 1877. The town became a borough in 1877.Dollimore, Edward Stewart. "Kumara, Westland" - ''Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966)''. Kumara Hospital was operating by 1881 and continued into the twentieth century. In 1 ...
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