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own ; his interest iu our Lepidoptera continued to the end, and when from failing 

 liealth no longer able to collect actively, he occupied himself in breeding vast 

 numbers of Abraxas grossulariata, obtaining thereby many fine varieties. We 

 believe he was also the first to breed the rare Xylina conformis in England. At the 

 time of his decease Mr. Greene was almost the oldest Fellow of the Entomological 

 Society, having been elected in 1850. Personally he was of a retiring disposition, 

 but his high sense of probity, his liberality, and willingness to give any information 

 or assistance in his power to his brother Entomologists were conspicuous j and by 

 all who knew him his loss will be sincerely deplored. 



We are indebted to his friend Mr. A. B. Farn, who revised and extended the 

 third edition of the " Insect Hunter's Companion," for valuable assistance in 

 preparing this notice. 



Captain Frederick Wollaston Jfutton, F.E.S., died at sea, near the Cape of 

 G-ood Hope, on October iJ7th, 1905, in his 69th year. A nephew of the dis- 

 tinguished Coieopterist, Thomas Vernon Wollaston, he early devoted his attention 

 to Entomology, among other branches of science, and the singular little weevil, 

 Fentarthrum huttoni, WoU., discovered by him in Devonshire as long ago as 1853, 

 was dedicated to him by its describer. In 1855 he joined as ensign the 23rd (Hoyal 

 Welsh) Fusiliers, in which regiment he saw active service in the Crimea, and retired 

 from the Army in 1866. Emigi-ating to JN^ew Zealand shortly afterwards, some 

 years were spent by him on the Geological Survey of these Islands, when he 

 acquired that intimate knowledge of their Fauna and Flora for which he became 

 so distinguished. In 188u he settled at Christchurch, where for some years he 

 occupied the Chair of Professor of Zoology in the University of that city j and in 

 1893 he became Director of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, which, under 

 his superintendence, has become one of the richest and best arranged institutions 

 of its kind in the Colonies. Early recognised as one of the first men of science in 

 New Zealand, he contributed many important papers on the Geology and JS^atural 

 History of that most interesting region to various scientific publications, especially 

 to the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. Of these latter, several relate 

 to Entomology, notably a valuable synopsis of the Diptera Brachycera of New 

 Zealand (Vol. XXXIII, pp. 1—95). His last work, the "Index Faunae Novae 

 Zelandise" (London, 1904), is a valuable enumeration of the forms of animal life 

 of those islands, including a full and carefully drawn up list of all the insects 

 known to inhabit New Zealand at the time of publication. 



Captain Hutton was elected a Fellow of the Koyal Society in 1892, and joined 

 the Entomological Society of London in 1902. He was a man of very genial and 

 engaging personality, and the writer of this notice, who had the privilege of making 

 his acquaintance in New Zealand, recalls with gratitude many characteristic acts of 

 kindness received from him. Last year, though in declining health, he visited 

 England after an absence of nearly forty years, and received a hearty welcome from 

 his numerous scientific friends j and it was on his return voyage to his adopted 

 home that his decease took place. 



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