TTT'ILLIAM HENRY EDWARDS, born in Hunter, Greene County, 

 » ' N. Y., March 15, 1S22, died in Coalburgh, West Virginia, April 

 4, 1909, was a generous contributor to our knowledge of Lepidoptera, 

 especially of America north of Mexico. 



His more prominent writings were " A Voyage up the River Ama- 

 zon" (i6mo, 256 pp. New York: 1847. New edition, i2mo, 8 + 210 

 pp. London, 1855) ; " The Butterflies of North America," series 1-5 

 (4to, illus. New York and Boston: 1868-1897); "Synopsis of North 

 American Butterflies" (4to, 5 4- 52 pp. Philadelphia: 1872); "Cata- 

 logue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico " (Trans. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. 6, pp. 1-68) ; "Revised Catalogue of the Diurnal 

 Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico " (8vo, pp. 95. Philadelphia : 

 1884); also over two hundred and fifty articles in various scientific 

 journals, as noted on following pages. 



