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Coleoptera on Snowdon. — During a few hours spent on Snowdon on Whit 

 Monday (May 25th) with Mr. Alfred O. Walker, of Chester, I took Nehria GyUen- 

 halii in abundance, at elevations from 2000 feet to the summit (3570 feet), at which 

 latter place it was not uncommon to find three or four under one stone, and that 

 lying among unmelted snow. This seems to be the time of emergence from the 

 pupa of this species, as many of the specimens were soft and devoid of the deep 

 blue-black colour seen during life when mature. Pterostichus athiops was repre- 

 sented by a single specimen, while Cryptohypniis riparius and Patrohus exca- 

 vatus were common from 1500 feet to the summit.— JoiiK W. Ellis, 101, Everton 

 Road, Liverpool : «/Mwe, 1885. 



Joseph Sidehotham, F.L.S., F.R.A.S., died at Bowdon, Cheshire, on May 30th, 

 aged 62. He was born near Hyde, and after having completed his education, was 

 placed with a firm of calico printers in Manchester. Subsequently lie became a 

 partner in the Strines Printing Company, from which he retired a few years ago, 

 and settled at BoAvdon. Mr. Sidebotham was a born naturalist, and obtained much 

 proficiency in Botany and Entomology, making important discoveries in the latter 

 branch, especially in Coleoptera. Latterly he attended to other departments of 

 science, and he published several important papers on Astronomy, Microscopy, and 

 Photography. About ten years ago his health broke down under an attack of pneu- 

 monia, and frequent visits to the South of France became necessary in consequence. 

 Although for many years a Fellow of the Linnean and Eoyal Astronomical Societies, 

 and a Member of the Entomological Society of London, he was little known per- 

 sonally in the metropolis. But his zeal in connection with the various scientific 

 institutions of the district with which he was more intimately associated was 

 unbounded, as also was his munificence ; the Manchester naturalists have reason to 

 feel that they have in him lost a friend and fellow-worker whose place it will be 

 difficult to fill. In addition to his scientific attainments, he was known and re- 

 spected in his magisterial capacity as a J.P. 



Nicholas Cooke, of Liscard, Cheshire, died suddenly, under very distressing 

 circumstances, from heart disease, on the 19th May, at the house of Mr. Briggs, at 

 Leathcrhead, whither he had gone to spend the evening. He was born at Liverpool 

 on January 14:th, 1818, and was educated (with his brother Benjamin and other 

 naturalists, cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., xix, p. 238) at the Friends' School at York. When 

 quite young he appears to have entered the service of Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son, 

 the booksellers, for our first personal acquaintance with him was made at one of 

 their bookstalls at a northern station. But for many years subsequently he was in 

 tlie service of a firm of wool-brokers in Liverpool. As an entomologist, Nicholas 

 Cooke's scientific attainments were scarcely on a level with those of his brother 

 Benjamin, but as an observant and successful collector of British Lepidoptera he 

 was almost without an equal. For many years lie collected almost annually in the 

 Highlands of Scotland, and made important discoveries. He will be greatly missed 

 by the Lancashire and Cheshire entomologists. It is said that his magnificent 

 collection has been bequeathed to the Corporation of Liverpool. 



