78 [March, 



Calicrra Fai/esii is probably a synonyni of C. riifa ; but C. Fagesii and C. Bcrfo/onii. 

 are (almost to a ccrtaiiit}') synonyms of one insect, the latter should therefore stand 

 or fall with the former. 



The general get up of the volume is most excellent ; in fact, the type, &c., may 

 almost be said to be "too good!" This, combined with the addition of the Syno- 

 nymic Catalogue, has jirobably added materially to the cost of the volume, and put 

 it out of reach of many to whom shillings are of consequence. 



In conclusion, we congratulate our author on the issue of this volume, which, 

 if not perfect, is far superior to anything that has been published before, and we look 

 forward to the publication of other volumes in due course, though we trust they will 

 not be so long in preparation as vol. viii has been, otherwise our author's prospects 

 of life will have to be far beyond the years allotted to ordinary mortals. — J. W. 

 Yerburt, Army and Navy Club : Felruary Wi, 1901. 



dDbitiutrir. 



Baron Michel Edmond de Selys-Lonfjchamp.i. — As briefly announced in our 

 No. for January, Baron de Selys passed away on the 11th of December, 1900, fidl 

 of years and honours. He came of an old family, and was tlie son of Baron Michel 

 Laurent de Selys-Longchamps. He was born on May 25th, 1813, at Paris, where 

 his father was attending to parliamentary duties. For some considerable time he 

 had suffered from a growth in the bladder, which at last became malignant ; but 

 his vitality was extraordinary, and in the summer of last year he insisted upon at- 

 tending the Meetings of the Ornithological Congress in connection with the Paris, 

 Exhibition, and there is reason to believe that tlie fatigue in connection therewith 

 hastened the end ; but since that Congress the writer of this notice had a letter from 

 him in which was no allusion to being unwell. The fiXinily name was De Selys, the 

 affix Longcham])s being derived from the little village of Longchamps-sur-Geer 

 (near Waremme), where the family had large estates and a park (with lake) 

 and chateau. Baron M. E. de Selys was educated at home, and was never 

 sent either to school or college. In 1838 he married Sophie Caroline, the daughter 

 of the Marquis d'Omalius d'Halloy, the famous Belgian geologist, and leaves a 

 numerous family (children, grandchildren, and grcat-grandchildi'en) to mourn his 

 loss : he had been a widower since 1869. He was bred as it were to political life, 

 commencing as Communal Councillor for Waremme in 1846 (which position he 

 retained all his life) ; he entered the Belgian Senate in 1855, and remained for life ; 

 from 1880 to 1884 he was President of the Senate. For many years he was regarded 

 as the head of the Liberal (= anti-clerical) party in Belgium : notwithstanding his 

 advanced years, he attended to his parliamentary duties practically to the last. His 

 younger son (Walthere) is Senator for Nanuir, the elder (Raphael) prefers the less 

 exciting life of a country gentleman. 



From early childhood Baron de Selys w'as passionately devoted to Natural 

 History, at first probably more especially to birds, and he once showed the writer a 

 book of coloured figures of Belgian birds, nicely executed, done by him before he 

 was 16. This love of birds lasted all his life, and attached to the chateau at 

 Waremme is a Museum in which his collection was kept : this collection comprised 

 many great rarities, including a Great Auk and egg, &c. He also devoted nuich 

 attention to the smaller mammals, and wrote uiuch concerning Ihem. As an ento- 



