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p. C. T. Snellen, Hon. F.E.S. — We ivgret to announce the decease at 

 Rotterdam, of the Senior Member of the small but distinguished band of 

 Honorary Fellows of the Entomological Society of London, P. C T. Snellen 

 having received that distinction as long ago as 1885. His name is best known 

 to Entomologists through his masterly treatise on the Lepidoptera of the Low 

 Coiintries (De Vlinders van Nederland) of which the first volume, treating of 

 the Macro-Lepidoptera, was published at The Hague in 1867, while the second 

 volume, on the Mlcro-Lepidoptera, appeared at Leyden in 1882. More recently 

 lie has collaborated with M. C. Piepers on a very important work on the Rhopa- 

 locera of Java. His death leaves a gap, not easily to be filled, in the ranks of 

 philosophical Entomologists. 



Canon C. T. Cruttwell, Rector of Ewelme, Oxon, and Canon Residentiary 

 of Peterborough Cathedi'al, died on Tuesday, April 4th, at Ewelme, aged 63. 

 He was formerly a Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford ; in 1878 he 

 was appointed Head Master of Bradfield, and in 1880 Head Master of Malvern. 

 While at Malvern he married the daughter of Sir Robert Mowbray, Bart., the 

 Father of the House of Commons. In 1891 he accepted the College Living of 

 Kibworth-Beauchamp, Leicestershire, in succession to Dr. Knox, now Bishop 

 of Manchester. Here he was made Rural Dean, Honorary Canon of Peter- 

 borough, and Proctor in Convocation. In 1901 the Marquis of Salisbury 

 n ominated him to the Crown Living of Ewelme, and in 1903 he was given a 

 residentiary Canoniy at Peterborough, which, being of small annual value, he 

 was able to hold with his benefice. Two years ago he was invited to join the 

 party of Bishops, Clergy and others who visited Germany in the cause of inter- 

 national peace. He was one of oiu' foremost classical scholars, and published 

 several valuable clerical and historical works. Entomology was his favourite 

 hobby, and he collected both Macro- and Micro-Lepidoptera and Coleoptera ; in 

 the latter groujD he was fortunate enough to find a sijecimen of the very rare 

 Amara alpina on the top of one of the Scotch mountains two or three years 

 ago. He was an extremely keen collector, although he had not tlie time to set 

 and arrange his specimens as he would have wislied. His friend and colleagiie 

 at Merton College, the late Bishop Creighton of London, looked with disfavour 

 on his Natural History pursuit (fearing, apparently, that they might draw him 

 off from his other studies), and tried to dissuade him from going on with them, 

 but, as he said, in relating the incident to the writer of this notice, the love of 

 Natural History was bred in him, and he told the Bishop that he could not 

 give it up. 



Canon Cruttwell never put himself forward in any way, but he had a large 

 circle of friends, by whom he was much beloved, and he will be very much 

 missed by all who knew him intimately ; liad he been at liberty to apjjly him- 

 self more fully to the want of his hobby, he would undoubtedly have been one 

 of our foremost Entomologists.- — W. W. F. 



