1901.] 49 



Myrmus mii-iformis near Bade. — Mr. E. Saunders, in his work on the ITemip- 

 tera, says he has no western locality for Myrmus mirt/ormis, Fall. It may be of 

 some interest to record that I captured a pair, S and ? , both with the undeveloped 

 form of the elytra, the S with (he interrupted central black stripe on the abdomen, 

 which was absent in the ? , on July 3rd, 1896, near Bude, Cornwall. — G. C. Big- 

 NELL, Saltash : December I8tk, 1900. 



©bitiutrn. 



Philip Crowhy, F.L.S., .j-e.,died at his residence, Waddon House, Croydon, on 

 December 20th, aged 63. He came of a Quaker family, long engaged in the brew- 

 ing industry, and was born at Alton, in Hants, on August 28th, 1837. He was 

 educated privately, and soon became a partner in the well-known brewing 

 establishments at Alton and Croydon. Mr. Crowley took a very warm interest in 

 all subjects connected with Natural History, and was a generous patron in such 

 connections. As an entomologist he was known as the possessor of one of the finest 

 collections of exotie butterflies, and he published a few short papers on the subject, 

 but literary work was not congenial to him. He also had a magnificent collection of 

 birds' eggs, and, in fact, of several other departments of natural objects. He was 

 a Fellow of the Linnean, Zoological, and Entomological Societies, and did much to 

 furtlier the interests of the Croydon Microscopical Club. He also devoted much 

 time and money to horticultural pursuits, and at the time of his death was 

 Treasurer of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, and Master (for the second year) of 

 the Gardeners' Company. He was also Chairman of the Fruit Committee of the 

 R.H.S. His somewhat sudden death came as a surprise to many friends, and in 

 many respects it will be difficult to fill the various honorary — but laborious — posts 

 he held. Mr. Crowley had been long a widower and leaves no family. 



Lord Dormer, F.Z.S., F.E.S.— John Baptiste Joseph Dormer (12th Baron 

 Dormer), of Grove Park, Warwick, died suddenly at Tewkesbvjry when on a visit 

 on December 22nd last. He was born on May 22nd, 1830, and for many years was 

 in the Army (Captain Grenadier Guards, &c.), serving in the Crimea and India. 

 He came of an old Roman Catholic family, and many of the preceding Barons 

 were also military men. The title was created in 1615, but for several years 

 was practically in abeyance on account of religious diiBculties. The late Baron had 

 a strong taste for entomology and formed a collection of CicindelidcB. He travelled 

 much, and outside his speciality his captures were given to friends, the late H. W. 

 Bates benefiting amongst others. He joined the Zoological Society of London in 

 1882, and the Entomological in 1886. He occasionally attended the meetings of 

 the latter Society, but was retiring and known to only few. He leaves no family, 

 and is succeeded in the title by a nephew. 



John Henry Leech, B.A., F.L.S., cSfc, died prematurely at his residence, 

 Hurdcott House, near Salisbury, on December 29th, 1900, in his 39th year. He 

 was the eldest son of the late John Leech, Esq., of Gorse Hall, Duckinfield, Cheshire, 

 and after having completed his preliminary education was sent to Cambridge, where 

 he graduated in due course. He may be said to have devoted his life to entomology. 



