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Doddington, Kent, and his wife and three children survive him. The above short, 

 account shows what a loss Entomologists have Buffered ; but those wlio knew him 

 well feel the loss not only of a fellow Entomologist, but of a personal friend whom 

 they can ill afford to spare. — E. S. 



Martin Jacob i/. — It is with sincere regret that we announce the death of this 

 well-known Coleopterist, which took place on December 21th last. Although he 

 had been in but indifferent health for some time past, his last illness was very brief, 

 as we understand that he was engaged in his professional work up to within a very 

 few days of his decease. Born at Altona on April 12th, 1842, Mr. Jacoby came to 

 Manchester as a member of Halle's famous band in his twenty-first year, and from 

 that time continued to reside in England. For several years he was a member of 

 the orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera, afterwards becoming a tutor of the 

 violin, in which career he was well known and highly appreciated in the musical 

 world. From his early youth he was an enthusiastic collector and student of insects 

 in general, but he gradually concentrated his energies on the Coleoptera, and es- 

 pecially on the Phytophagous section of that Order. Many valuable memoirs on 

 these insects, on which he was recognised as the leading authority in England, if 

 not in Europe, are embodied in the publications of the Zoological and Entomological 

 Societies, and other associations of like nature on the Continent. His most im- 

 portant work is perhaps to be found in the " Biologia Centrali-Americana " of 

 Messrs. Godman and Salvin, in which the Pkytophaga of that region are described 

 in one large volume, with an almost equally bulky supplement. His last completed 

 work, which unhappily he did not live to see in print, is the volume on the Phyto- 

 phaya in the '" Fauna of British India," now on the eve of publication. Some 

 years ago he parted with his valuable collection of his favourite group of beetles to 

 M. van de Poll, of Haarlem, but had since accumulated an almost equally extensive 

 series of these insects. In private life Mr. Jacoby was one of the most genial and 

 amiable of men, and his loss is greatly felt by his numerous friends, especially at 

 the Entomological Society, where he was one of the most regular attendants at its 

 meetings since his election as a Fellow in 1S86. Even more will he be missed at 

 the annual gatherings of the Entomological Club, where his masterly solos on the 

 violin have been for many years one of the most enjoyable features. Married in 

 1869, he leaves a widow, as well as a son and two daughters, with whom we 

 sincerely sympathise. — J. J. W. 



Roddies. 



Birmingham Entomological Society : December \Sth, 1907. — Mr. G-. T. 

 Betiiune-Baker, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Leslie Frederick Burt, Edgbaston, was elected a Member. 



Mr. J. T. Fountain exhibited a long and variable series of Apamea testacea, 

 Hb. Mr. H. W. Ellis, various Coleoptera : — Latkrobium leevipenne, Heer, a species 

 not long known as British, of which he found six specimens in the Blatch Collection 

 from Knowle, Bewdley, and Cannock, and he had also taken it himself at Knowle ; 



