270 THE entomologist's record. 



hills, and here observed Pohjommatus irarm, /'. rori/'lun, Kphu'pluic 

 tithonus and Paraiye megaera ; whilst on the lower slopes of the 

 Downs Pamphila coniiiia was taken in considerable numbers, together 

 with P. corydon, Clirysophanus plilaeas, Gonepteryx rhanmi and Tliecla 

 iv-alhwn. — Lawrence J. Tremayne. 



JS^EVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Faune de France (Orthopteres, Neuropteres, Hymenopteres, 

 Lepidopteres, Hemipteres, Dipteres, Aphanipteres, Thysanopteres^ 

 Ehipapteres), by A. Acloque. [Published by J. B. Bailliere et Fils, 

 Paris. Crown 8vo., 516pp. and 1235 figures. Price 10 francs.] — 

 We have no hesitation in asserting that this work contains the largest 

 amount of descriptive entomology ever published for the money. The 

 summarised tables are simply marvellous. The book is intended to 

 help entomologists to name their captures, and will no doubt fulfil 

 this intention. 



JOHN FINLAY, Born August 24th, 1835, Died July 4th, 1897. 

 It is with the greatest regret that we have to inform our readers of 

 the death of Mr. John Finlay, at the age of 61 years. Commencing 

 life with the meagre education to be obtained at a village school at 

 the time of his boyhood, he took every means to supplement the know- 

 ledge there obtained in later life. For more than thirty years the 

 beautiful gardens at Meldon Park have been his care and delight, and, 

 for some years, botany was his special study. Later, however, he 

 turned his attention to entomology, and not only was he very successful 

 in adding information to the life-histories and habits of many of the 

 larger species of lepidoptera, notably Plusia hrartea, but many of the 

 smaller insects were successfully studied by him, and he obtained 

 large numbers of many hitherto-considered rare species, and distributed 

 them with a generosity rarely equalled. His modesty was such, 

 however, that he could not often be persuaded to publish his observa- 

 tions, but such information as he had gathered was at the disposal of any 

 one who asked for it. We ourselves owe much to him, and regret his 

 loss exceedingly, and so, we have no doubt, will many of our readers. 

 His collection is, we believe, an exceedingly good one, and we under- 

 stand that it was his wish that it should be disposed of privately. 

 Will not some large northern town purchase it for museum purposes ? 

 Its value is undoubtedly very great as exhibiting the distribution of 

 the local fauna of his own district, and it would be much more 

 valuable if it could be kept intact for local reference than if it were 

 broken up and distributed. We can only express again our regret at 

 the loss of one of our earliest entomological correspondents, and 

 treasure the memory of a man who, although an excellent lepidop- 

 terist, was first and foremost one of Nature's gentlemen. 



Erratum.— p. 207, line 4, for "Mr. Butler" read " Mr. Clarke"; p. 196, in 

 title, for " structual "read "structural"; p. 240, line 11, for "ragwort" read 

 " mugwort " ; p. 105, lines 9 and 39. — Mr. Fletcher points out that the statements 

 in these quotations are wrong as to facts. He has not obtained hybrid trifolii- 

 fiUpendulae. A correct list of the hybrids that he has obtained is published ante^ 

 'p. 88— .Ed. 



