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will not in any way afPect the appearance of the fresh insects, but it will effectually 

 separate them from the others. — Wm. J. VANDENBERan, Junr., Hornsey, Middlesex : 

 November IMh, 1878. 



[The proper place for the foregoing communication is in the journ where the 

 statement originally appeared. Our correspondent doubts (we hope needlessly) its 

 acceptance for publication there. The action of the Doubleday trustees rendered 

 the collection public property, and we shall be glad to hear from other soiu-ces that its 

 condition is such as here stated ; we shall consider it our duty to make a personal 

 inspection. Although the collection cannot be considered a " type-collection," it is 

 greatly to be regretted that it should be tampered with, either by additions or sub- 

 stitutions. If this be done we doubt not that proper means will be taken to indicate 

 these. — Eds.]. 



(Dbituarir. 



Victor Ghiliani. We regret to learn that this well known Italian entomologist 

 died on the 27th of May last : he had long, we think, been in delicate health. For 

 many years he had been attached to the Royal Zoological Museum at Turin ; was 

 one of the founders of the Italian Entomological Society ; and one of the oldest and 

 best known of the now numerous school of Italian entomologists. His writings 

 (which are numerous) almost entirely concern the insects of his native land, in which 

 he did good work. All who have had the pleasure of meeting him at Turin, or who 

 have had occasion to correspond with him, will bear testimony to his courtesy and 

 extensive entomological knowledge. 



Thomas W. Wonfor. This gentleman died at his residence, 38, Buckingham 

 Place, Brighton, on Sunday, the 20th October last, after a few weeks' illness, in the 

 51st year of his ago. 



Shortly after the formation of the Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society 

 in 1853, Mr. Wonfor was appointed an honorary secretary, a post he continued to 

 fill up to the date of his death, and in the performance of the duties of which he 

 displayed an extraordinary amount of ability, energy, and tact. The prosperity and 

 advancement of this Society, and by means of it the diffusion of scientific knowledge 

 in Bi'ighton and Sussex, was the object for which he laboured for nearly a quarter of 

 a century with the devotion of an enthusiastic naturalist. 



The papers on entomology, and nearly every other branch of zoology, communi- 

 cated by Mr. Wonfor to the Proceedings of the Brighton and Sussex Natural History 

 Society are very numerous, and the excellence of many of them has obtained for 

 their author a more than local reputation. It was, however, as a microscopist that 

 Mr. Wonfor chiefly distinguished himself, and one of his papers " On certain But- 

 terfly Scales, characteristic of Sex," read at Bi-ighton in November, 1867, was 

 subsequently published in the 8th volume of the Microscopical Journal. In addition 

 to his very numerous papers in the Proceedings of the Brighton and Sussex and 

 other Natural History Societies, Mr. Wonfor frequently contributed to " Scientific 

 Opinion," " Scientific Grossip," and other periodicals. On the occasion of the visit 

 of the British Association to Brighton in 1872, Mr. Wonfor took a very active part 

 in their proceedings, and acted as Secretary to one of the Committees. 



Without claiming for the deceased the position of a distinguished scientific 

 specialist, it may be safely afiirmed that few men ever possessed a larger amount of 

 general information on almost all branches of Science, or have been more willing 

 to impart it for the benefit of others, than the amiable and accomplished gentleman 



