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lie joined the Entomological Societj' of London in 18G2, and at the time 

 of his death was the senior surviving Fellow. He served as Secretary in 

 1867, was Vice-President on four separate occasions, and in 1887 and 1888 was 

 Pi'esident of the Society. lie was a Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological 

 Societies, but resigned some years ago from the former; and in 1890 he was 

 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Most of the chief Entomological 

 Societies throughout the world numbered him as an honorary or corresponding 

 member, and among these he specially valued his connection with the New 

 Zealand Institute. During his residence at Cambridge the University con- 

 ferred on him the degree of M.A., honoris causa. 



In the field he was a delightful companion, with an inexhaustible fund of 

 dry humour under all circuuistancas. A man of varied and extensive reading, 

 of strong personality', and a keen debater on controversial subjects, his attitude 

 towards the many vexed questions of modern biology was that of a sane and 

 open-minded conservati^^m. His bodily health failed greatly during the past 

 winter, and when the writer of this notice last saw him in July, though his 

 mind was unclouded and strong as ever, it was only too evident that the end 

 was not far off. 



He is survived by his widow, one son (at present, we believe, in New 

 Zealand), and five daughters ; a second son, wlio had also emigrated to the 

 Antipodes, joined the Army and died in England during the war. We join 

 our own heartfelt sympathy to that of his many friends, with each and every 

 member of the bereaved family, as well as with his only surviving sister, 

 Mrs. S. E. Lamb. 



The very characteristic porti-ait which we present with this Memoir is 

 reproduced from a photograph, taken in the New Forest in 1909 by Mr. W. 

 J. Lucas. — ^J. J. \V. 



We have just heard of the decease of Thomas G. Bishop, another veteran 

 British Colf^opteiist, and hope to give further details of his life and work iu 

 a forthcomiu'' Number. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History So<:iErY-: 

 Jnhj \3th, 1922.— Mr. E. J. Bunnett, M.A., President, in the Chair. 



Major Stuart Maples, Monkswood, Huntingdon, and Messrs. H. Candler,. 

 Broad Eves, Ashstead, and E. B. Watson, Winthorpe Grange, Newark, were 

 elected members. 



Mr. Ik. Adkin exhibited two specimens of a dark grey form of Grammesift 

 tiiyrammica {trilinea) from Abbots Wood, where the species had been unusually 

 common at sugar. Mr. Buckstone, living larvae and pupae of Fyrameis cardici, 

 the ground-colour of the pupae varying from pale grey to blackish. Misa A. 

 K. Li->ch, a uniformly pale yellow aberration oi Brenthis euphrusyne -with, quite 

 normal spotting, from Worth, Sussex. Mr. H. Main, several items brought by 

 him from the S. of France : 1. Larvae of the ant-lion, Palj)aies lihelluloides j 



