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CAPTAIN J. GAMBLE GEDDES. 



It is our painful duty to record the loss of another active member of 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario. At two o'clock on Good Friday 

 morning, April the 3rd, Captain J. Gamble Geddes died after a few days' 

 illness, brought on by a severe cold. He was born in Montreal in 1850, 

 and educated there. When a young man he entered the service of the 

 Molsons Bank and was for some time attached to the office in London. 

 He at once joined the Society and became an enthusiastic member. In 

 1874 he was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the London branch ; in 1875, 

 Vice-President; in 1876, President. He left London on his appoint- 

 ment as manager of the agency of Molsons Bank at Millbrook. Here, 

 living in the country, he devoted most of his leisure time to the collec- 

 tion and study of insects, applying himself especially to the Lepidoptera. 

 In 1880 he left the Bank and was appointed Aide-de-Camp and Private 

 Secretary to the Hon. John Beverley Robinson, during his term of office 

 as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. Being fond of society, of handsome 



(presence and devoted to music, he became a great favourite among the 

 social circles of Toronto, among wliom much of his time was accordingly 

 spent. He did not, however, abandon the pursuit of Entomology, but 

 succeeded, by correspondence and exchange, in addition to the captures 

 of his own net, in forming a large and valuable collection of butterflies 

 from all parts of the world. This he sold to the Dominion Government, 

 and it now forms the nucleus of the collection in the Geological Museum 

 at Ottawa. He made expeditions in 1883 and 1884, to Manitoba and 

 the Northwest Territories, as far as the Rocky Mountains, in quest of 

 butterflies, and added much to the knowledge of their geographical 

 » distribution and habits. On several occasions he visited England, and 

 '' spent some time in Germany and also in Bermuda. Wherever he went 

 m he made the acquaintance of the leading Entomologists and added to his 

 ~ stock of knowledge. 



His first contribution to this magazine was in 1874, when he wrote 

 No. 14 of a series of articles on "Some Common Insects" — "The 



