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treasures are to be found in our pages. From 1875 to 1884 we find 

 him located at Pembroke, in an entirely iinworked district of great 

 promise, hardly however fulfilled ; though our collections owe most of 

 their rc[)resentativ(^s of Dlasemia Uteralis and Eupoecilia mussehJiana 

 to his fortunate discovery of the habitat and habits of these very 

 rare species. 



After a London appointment of not long duration, in 188G he was 

 transferred to King's Lynn, where he continued to make observations 

 and captures of the greatest interest, among which the virtual dis- 

 covery, in conjunction with Mr. E. A. Atmore, of the fine Eupithecia 

 extensnria as a British species may be specially noted. In 1889 he 

 received an im|)ortant and responsible post in South London, where, 

 at Nunhead and subsequently at Peckham Rye, the remainder of his 

 busy and active life was passed. 



From the first establishment of our Magazine in 1864 Mr. 

 Barrett was a constant contributor to our pages ; in fact, his name 

 appears in our '" Index " attached to no fewer than 380 separate en- 

 tries, the last appearing so recently ns December, 1904. Among these 

 contributions the " Notes on British Tortrices," which api)eared at 

 intervals between 1872 and 1890, and embody the records of many 

 additions to our Fauna, are the most important, and mark an era in 

 our knowledge of this interesting series of moths. His chief work, 

 " The Lepidoptera of the British Islands," was begun in 1892, and 

 the ninth volume, which extends to the commencement of the Cramhites, 

 was issued last year. This section was completed in the parts since 

 published, and it is with great satisfaction that we learn that the 

 material exists to carry the work to the end of the Tortricinn, the 

 group which our lamented colleague had made so completely his own. 

 In the preface to Vol. 1 he remarks — "My aim is, not only to furnish 

 original and accurate descriptions of the perfect insects, and the most 

 reliable descrij)tions obtainable of their larvae and pupae, but also such 

 particulars of their habits and ways, drawn from personal experience 

 and the most reliable records, as shall present them to the reader as 

 creatures which enjoy their lives, and fill their allotted positions before 

 they take a more permanent place in the museum or the cabinet." 



This is the keynote of the book, which is too well known and 

 esteemed by all Lepidopterists to need further comment, and it exhibits 

 the author in his strongest point, as essentially a field naturalist of 

 the highest type. It was never the good fortune of the present writer 

 to enjoy the company of Mr. Barrett in the field, but the many ento- 

 mologists who have had that privilege unanimously bear witness to his 

 wonderful powers of work, as well as to his resourcefulness, patience 

 and acumen in tracking the most obscure and retiring species to their 



