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(1910) ; (5) Further account of Conorhinus jnegisttis (1910) ; 



(6) Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der brasilianischen Simul- 

 iumarten (1910) ; (7) Neue Beitraege zur Kenntniss der Pangoni- 

 nen und Chrysopinen Brasiliens (1911). 



3. House-Flies, and their Connection with Disease. Farmers' Bulletin, 



459 ; U. S. Department of Agriculture. Washington. 1911. 



4. A Manual of Philippine Silk Culture. By Chas. S. Banks. Bureau 



of Science, Manila. 1911. Pp. 1-53, with 18 fine plates. 



5. Leitz' Catalogue of Prismatic Binoculars, 9, Oxford Street, 



London, W. Entomologists may perhaps be interested in 

 examining a catalogue of these fine instruments. 



W. J. L. 



OBITUARY. 



It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death 

 of Mr. Arthur Cottam, who passed away on November 23rd, 1911, 

 at his residence, Furzebank, I3ridgwater, in his seventy-fifth year, 

 after an illness of some months' duration. 



As an entomologist he was perhaps better known to the past 

 generation, as recently, owing to the weight of increasing years and 

 failing health, he was not able to take such an active interest in the 

 Lepidoptera and Coleoptera as formerly. His collection of Lepido- 

 ptera, the second which he had amassed during his lifetime, was sold 

 at Messrs. Stevens's Auction Rooms only ten days before his death. 



From his young days he had been an ardent student not only of 

 entomology but of botany, astronomy, and microscopy ; and in 

 January, 1875, he, with a few others, founded the Hertfordshire 

 Natural History Society (at first called the Watford Natural History 

 Society), and was its first Treasurer. He did some active work, and 

 contributed several papers to the Transactions. 



For many years he was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society, and published some useful star-maps. 



Music and art also claimed a good deal of his spare time, outdoor 

 sketching being one of his favourite occupations at all times of the 

 year. 



In 1905 Mr. Cottam retired from the Civil Service (Office of 

 Woods and Forests) and went to live at Bridgwater. 



His love and all-round knowledge of Nature from many points of 

 view, which he was always ready and anxious to impart to others, 

 made him a most interesting companion, and the writer can recall 

 many delightful excursions made in his company. 



He leaves a widow and one daughter to mourn his loss, his only 

 son having died suddenly some nine months ago, after an operation. — 

 P. J. B. 



Michael C. Dixon died December 2nd, 1911, at Spennymoor, 

 Durham, aged thirty-seven years. He was attached to the study of 

 Lepidoptera, and specially interested in the preparation of the early 

 stages to illustrate life-histories. His occupation was that of a post- 

 man. He was a member of the Carlisle Natural History Society. — 

 G. B. R. 



