34 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



nomic Entomology was placed in his hands officially, and from the first 

 he devoted himself unceasingly to the task of making this as perfect as 

 possible. Himself an accomplished draughtsman, and a patient worker 

 and compiler, with a great love for the subject, he spared no pains in his 

 work, whether in availing himself of scientific co-operation or in shaping 

 the aid placed at his service by those less gifted than himself, in the details 

 of field observation, and of museum illustration by colored drawings or 

 fac-simile modelling. This collection is already a nucleus of a very 

 valuable, popular and illustrated history of insect friends and insect foes, 

 the practical value of which is already appreciated and bearing good fruit 

 for public benefit. On this collection, of which one hundred and fifty 

 cases are more or less complete, Mr. Murray was working up to his latest 

 days, leaving a large collection of oak-galls and illustrative drawings still 

 in progress of arrangement. To assist in the circulation of information 

 a series of guides to the collection were projected. These were to take 

 the form of popular hand books to Entomology, and were to be prepared 

 by Mr. Murray and published under government supervision. Of the 

 eight intended volumes only one has appeared ; this treats of the Aptera 

 or wingless species, and was noticed in the Canadian Entomologist for 

 July, 1877. In the midst of his busy labors he was called away. We 

 have lost in him a man of varied accomplishments, a thorough, pains- 

 taking Entomologist and a good Botanist. Those who knew him best 

 will deeply feel his loss ; not only will they miss the gifted naturalist, they 

 will also grieve tor the sudden removal of a friend so kind and true 

 hearted. 



MR. T. V. WOLLASTON, M. A., F. L. S. 



This talented Entomologist died on the 4th of January last, at his 

 home in Teignmouth, Devonshire, at the age of 56, from disease of the 

 lungs, with which he had been more or less afflicted for thirty years past. 

 In early life Mr. Wollaston became well known for his valued researches 

 into the Coleoptera of the Maderian, Canarian and Cape Verd Archi- 

 pelagos, which he personally explored. His valuable writings on the 

 Coleopterous fauna of these islands, and especially his account of the 

 insects of the Madeira group, are well known to Entomologists in the 

 " Insecta Maderiensia," published in 1854. Subsequently he published 

 catalogues of the Coleoptera collected by him in these several groups of 



