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might seek to benefit by it. The love of Natural History probably descended from 

 his father, the late W. K. Bridgman, who studied, among diverse branches, Norfolk 

 Coleoptera to some extent. Conchology appears to have been one of our subject's 

 earliest bents, of which he published a list of the Norfolk species in 1872. Later, 

 however, he appears to have entirely devoted himself scientifically to Hymenoptera, 

 and when he finally relinquished the study in 1895 he had become an adept. He 

 wrote less than we could have wished upon that subject, which, perhaps above all 

 others, is neglected by the English entomologist, the Ichneumonidce. It was, never- 

 theless, upon this family that " feelers " were put forth in the " Entomologist " for 

 1878, and upon which he, in conjunction with Mr. Fitch, gave us his masterly 

 " Introductory Papers." This series, which, unfortunately, was not completed in 

 1885 (though we understand much of the remaining MS. exists), must form the 

 foundation upon which to work the British species. It lacks part of the Ophionidee, 

 and the whole of the Tryphonidm and Pimplidce. A great number of new British 

 species and many new to science were chronicled by Bridgman in his "Additions" 

 in the Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (1881 — 86), which must always be worked along with 

 Marshall's " Catalogue." Nearer home, he published in the Trans, of the Norfolk 

 Naturalist's Society — of which he was an original Member, a past President (1875 — 

 76), and Vice-President at his death— a list of the Hymenoptera- Acideata and 

 Chrysidida of the county in 1879, supplemented in 18^2 and 89 ; of the Tenthre- 

 dinidce in 1888, suppl. 1890; and of the Ichneumonidce in 1893 — 94. On July 3rd, 

 1895, Bridgman presented the whole of his Hymenoptei'ous collections, and about 

 forty volumes bearing upon the subject, to the Norwich Castle Museum. The 

 Aculeates and Tentkredinidce are a fine lot, and the Ichneumons represent, if not 

 the most numerous, at all events the best arranged and most fully named collection 

 in Britain, speaking eloquently of hours of close and untiring study. We regret to 

 say that this assiduous study was too much ; having to abandon it, Bridgman ap- 

 pears to have been somewhat at a loss for mental food and took to deep sea fishing ; 

 he was, however, attacked with blood poisoning wliile stayin-g at Scarborough, and 

 returned to Norwich, where he died in his sixty-third year. As a Mason he was a 

 shining light throughout East Anglia; to a stranger, abrupt and somewhat shy ; as 

 a friend, extremely kind and generous; as a Hymenopterist, we revere him. — 

 Claude Morlet (Supplementary notice). 



Frederik Maurits Van der Wulp. — A conspicuous loss from the list of European 

 Entomologists, and especially from the list of Dipterologists, has been caused by the 

 death of F. M. Van der Wulp, which occurred at the Hague on November 27th 

 last. He wrote very extensively from 18.^7 until the present time, though his 

 health had failed somewhat during the last six months. Through the kindness of 

 the husband of his only daughter, with whom he had lived since the death of his 

 wife in 1895, we learn that he was nearly 81 years old, as he was born on December 

 13th, 1818. His earliest contribution to Entomology was in 1842, but he wrote no 

 inore until 1857, after which he wrote on Netherland Diptera, which he caused to 

 be placed on a fairly good basis, as he published a " List of Netherland Diptera " in 

 1859, which he revised in 1864, and of which he issued a new list in 1898. In his 

 earlier writings he contributed a great deal towards the study of the little known 

 groups, Ckironomidce and Mycetophilidce ; after 1867 he was attracted by the large 



