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occasions had served on the Council of the South London Entomo- 

 logical Society, and in 1899 was its President. 



He was chiefly interested in British Lepidoptera, and with his most 

 intimate friend, who afterwards became his brother-in-law, Mr. Hugh 

 Main, formed a joint collection, largely composed of insects they had 

 obtained by breeding from the earlier stages. One of his studies was 

 that of local variation in common species, and he took much interest 

 in experiments bearing on heredity. He had given considerable thought 

 to Mendel's Law, and much of his breeding of Lepidoptera bore on this 

 subject. Most of us will recall the very fine exhibits made by him at 

 our Societies' meetings of Aplecta vebiilosa, and its forms t/iovipsoni and 

 rohsoni, AHijthidasis betidaria, with'a fine set of gynandromorphs, and 

 the magnificent specimens produced by various crossings of Pierisnapi 

 races and var. hiijoniae. It was one of the pleasures of our life to pay 

 an occasional visit to his breeding-houses, fitted up with everything 

 needed for the rearing of the larvae which he always had in large numbers, 

 and to which he and his devoted brother-in-law early and late gave 

 their skill and care. 



Unfortunately he wrote but little, and that little more or less 

 statistical accounts of the results of his breeding experiments. 



He was a great student of literature of a wide and varied character, 

 literary as well as scientific, and had formed a fine library, mainly of 

 modern books, relating to his many and varied tastes. He was a most 

 voluminous reader, and somehow, in spite of his busy professional life, 

 the time he spent in his breeding experiments, and the active part he 

 took in so many societies, he yet found opportunity to keep himself 

 quite an fait with all that was being discussed, not only in Lepidop- 

 terology, but in other branches of Natural History, and in general 

 Literature. 



A portion of his holiday time was each year spent in his old 

 Cheshire home and Delamere Forest, but he had of late years begun 

 to spend a few weeks in the Bernese Oberland, and had commenced to 

 extend his investigations to the continental Lepidoptera, e.(i., P. napi 

 var. hryoniae. 



It has been our custom to meet Mr. Harrison at one or other of 

 our London Meetings almost; every week, to meet him in the field, and 

 to be his guest, and we can truly say that as a personal friend, as a 

 fellow member, as a host, and as a man, he was everything that one 

 could wish. A quiet, unassuming man, full of knowledge, and with 

 the will and the power to help others in their study of the life around 

 them, an influence strong, but not obtrusive, our beloved study loses 

 much by his unlooked for sudden demise. 



He leaves a widow and two children, to whom we offer our sincere 

 sympathies and whose loss we with sorrow share. 



The funeral took place at Alvanley near his old home where his 

 father and mother and many relatives lie, and near the scene of his 

 youthful rambles. It was attended by representatives of the Directors 

 of Henry Tate and Sons, fellow members of the staff of the London 

 and Liverpool branches, representatives of several Societies, among 

 whom was Mr. Hugh Main, besides many relatives and Cheshire 

 friends. The bearers were the old servants of the NeAV Pale Farm. 

 — H. J. T. 



