240 THE entomologist's record. 



ended with his life. A proof of the former statement may be found in 

 the August number of the Kntoiiinlofiist, in a note in which his entomo- 

 logical reminiscences date back to his tenth year, whilst a proof of the 

 latter is to be found in our own July-August issue (p. 149) in a note 

 actually written from the trenches where he was so soon to meet his 

 death. He joined the Entomological Hociety of London so far back 

 as 1887, and in 1890 we find in their Transactions a paper from his 

 pen on tbe Butterflies of the Shan States, which contains also most 

 valuable notes on the country and climate. Four other papers of his 

 are published in the Transactions, one on certain breeding experiments 

 in Ceylon, another on the Butterflies of the Mauritius, and two on 

 subjects connected with Mimicry, in which he always showed, as the 

 readers of this magazine are well aware, a special interest. He was often 

 regarded, quite mistakenlj^ as an opponent of the theory; in realit}' he 

 was a careful student, unwilling to assent definitely to any theory with- 

 out sufficient proof — a thoroughly sound (indeed, the only thoroughly 

 sound) and scientific position ; he was however driven into an attitude 

 towards the question, described by the present writer in this magazine 

 as one of " armed neutrality," by the efforts made by some of the 

 supporters of the theory to make it account for many things which 

 could much more readily be accounted for in other ways — indeed, it 

 seems to be the peculiarity of most specialists to imagine that their 

 favourite theory accounts for evenjthiiuj. Many of his notes and short 

 articles in this magazine are connected with this subject. He first 

 wrote for us in 1904, and since then it is rarely indeed that his name 

 did not figure in the "list of the contributors," and all that he said 

 was worth saying. As a controversialist he was an ideal opponent, 

 for he always kept his temper ; and this was no doubt partly because 

 he had no axe of his own to grind, his aim was to get at the truth, 

 not to support a theory. His last paper on the subject of Mimicry 

 was published in August last in the Proceedings of the Entomological 

 Society, and valuable as it was, it called forth the yet more valuable 

 reply of Mr. Swynnerton, who produeed the very proofs for which 

 Colonel Manders had always been asking. 



Colonel Manders leaves a widow and daughter, to whom we offer 

 our deepest and most respectful sympathy. — G.W. 



Nomenclature. 



[Addendum to "Kirby, William. Monographia Apum Angliae." 

 Page 132.] 



Fig. 33. a.o. Forceps. h. Phallus. 



