26 THE entomologist's record. 



want are : — (a) Exact parentage. (b) Exact number of each form 

 like the parents bred, {c) Number of intermediates — with the sexes 

 in each case, if possible. 



On Sunday morning, December 11th, 1904, passed cahnly away, 

 Charles G. Barrett, for half-a-century past one of our most prominent 

 students of British lepidoptera. His earlier work was, as usual, as a 

 collector, dift'ermg from most of us in his untiring energy and 

 enthusiasm. We find in 1856, in the E)it. Wk. Intellvjencer, vol. i., p. 165, 

 a note from him relating how he saw from the train two Colias edusa 

 flying on the railway embankment near Forest Hill, and got out at 

 the next station and went back and caught them. He was one of the 

 earliest workers at lamps, and in those days it was always easier for 

 him to swarm the post than to resort to any other means of securing a 

 desired insect. Space would not allow us to mention the large amount of 

 work he has done in Avorking out life-histories, in taking rare or new 

 species, or in enlarging our faunistic knowledge, especially in South 

 Wales, at Haslemere, and in Norfolk. For many years he was active 

 both in societies and contributions to the entomological magazines, 

 and was always pleased to assist others in any of the directions in 

 which he was himself so well qualified. Latterly he had been less 

 active in the field, but still contributed much to our knowledge, 

 extending his view to South African lepidoptera. For the past ten 

 years his energies have been devoted to The Li'jndoptera of tlw 

 British Islands, of which ten portly volumes have already appeared. 

 It will long be a monument to his memory amongst British lepidop- 

 terists. It is remarkable for many excellences, as well as for some 

 defects, which it is, indeed, impossible for any results of human labour 

 entirely to escape. We believe the remainder of the Tortricids, amongst 

 which the publication at present is, is ready for the press. Outside 

 entomology his life was devoted to the Inland Revenue service, from 

 which he retired a few years ago. A marked feature of his character 

 was, that his religious convictions were not merely pious opinions, 

 but governed him in all the relations of life. 



This pamphlet, " Kine SainiidKnn con Ecferaten iiher ncnere 

 hiometrische Arbeiten init einzelnen Anmerkunf/cn," by Dr. Chr. 

 Schroder, is a reprint of notes appearing in the AWicmeine Zcitsrhift 

 fi'tr Entoiiiolotfiv, vol. ix., pp. 228-246. Having regard to the express 

 use of the word " hiometrische," it would have been better to confine 

 the selection more strictly to biometric work. A long notice of 

 Professor Eelage's treatise on heredity is quite out of place under the 

 circumstances. In his introductory remarks. Dr. Schroder decides not 

 to summarise certain memoirs — " zumal es in allgemeinen auch der 

 Naturwissenschaftlern an der Verkentnissen der Grundlagen der 

 biometrischen Forschung gebricht, ohne welche jene Arbeiten unver- 

 standen bleiben wiirden." We fear this consideration has not been 

 allowed sufficient weight. The abstract of Dr. Warren's paper on 

 parthenogenesis in Aphis will not impress greatly those unacquainted 

 with biometric nomenclature. Notwithstanding these defects, we 

 welcome the pamphlet, and think it likely to be of service in calling 

 the attention of entomologists to a subject of great and increasing 

 importance. — M. G. 



The Officers and Council of the Entomological Society of London 

 for 1905 are as follows : — President : Frederic Merritield, F.E.S. 



