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in these pages (vol. xix. 46) his views of the changes which had • 

 taken place amongst entomologists since he left otf the stud}^ 

 under the title of ' An Entomological Eip van Winkle.' William 

 Farren was known especially as a field naturalist. Though his 

 published notes and records are scattered over man}^ years, 

 he never contributed any long treatise upon either branch of the 

 subject. He was an acute observer, and always ready to assist 

 those who worked with him; and his power for work may be 

 understood when we hear of his collecting and exchanging 

 upwards of 1700 species of Lepidoptera alone during the last 

 three years of his life. — J. T. C. 



James English, of Epping, died on January 12th, 1888, 

 at the age of 67 years, after an illness of six months, said to 

 have been largely brought about through excessive work on 

 the collection of biological subjects, an occupation he had 

 followed for upwards of fifty years. English's father had been a 

 soldier, and settled in Epping as a gardener, his son receiving 

 the most elementary education. After leaving school he was 

 employed at the late Henry Doubleday's shop in Epping, and 

 there soon contracted a taste for the pursuits of his master. It 

 is chiefly in this connection that he will be remembered by the 

 readers of this magazine, for the association continued so long as 

 Mr. Doubleday was able to work at his favourite study ; English 

 being employed as his collector whenever opportunity occurred. 

 He went for his master to the "Fen" country, and was one of the 

 last to take the two Lepidoptera for which the district was noted, 

 viz., Polyommatus disfcir and Noctiia suhrosea, both now lost to 

 these Isles. In the latter years of his life he devoted much 

 attention to cryptogamic botany, and discovered a system of 

 preserving fungi. He seldom contributed anything to entomolo- 

 gical literature, but has left two small books behind upon the 

 preservation of fungi and plants. James English was more a 

 collector than a student. — J. T. C. 



James Hamer. — We regret to announce the death of this 

 hard-working entomologist. Mr. Hamer died on the lltli of 

 November, 1887, aged 46 years, and was interred at Southport, 

 Lancashire. He was well known in the North of England, but 

 rather as a practical collector than as a writer. — J. T. C. 



