Ir is with deep regret that we record the death of Mr. Andrew 
Rutherford, Government Entomologist, which occurred unex- 
pectedly on February 3, after a brief illness. Mr. Rutherford 
was appointed in March, 1913, and though his career in Ceylon 
has been prematurely brought to a close, it was sufficient to 
demonstrate to his colleagues his thorough grasp of his subject 
and keen devotion to the furtherance of entomologicalknowledge. 
Mr. Rutherford held the degrees of M.A. and B.Sc. of 
Edinburgh University. For some time he was Professor of 
Biology at the Agricultural College, Cirencester, and afterwards 
Lecturer in Zoology and Botany at University College, Cardiff. 
Obtaining a Carnegie Studentship he proceeded to America and 
studied entomology at Cornell University. While in America 
he visited Trinidad, and travelled through the United States 
in order to obtain a first-hand knowledge of field entomology 
as conducted in admittedly the best and most highly organized 
entomological service in the world. It may be questioned 
whether Great Britain has ever sent out to the Colonies a 
man who had so thoroughly equipped himself for his work. 
Mr. Rutherford devoted himself, especially in Ceylon, to the 
collection and study of injurious insects and their parasites, 
and had laid the foundation for a complete literature relating 
to such as affect Ceylon plants. The large collections which 
he amassed were submitted to specialists in Europe and 
America, where his work was well known and appreciated. 
In his special subject, Coccidee, he had already gained a wide 
reputation, and was consulted by entomologists in all parts 
of the East. These labours were just beginning to bear fruit, 
as is evidenced by his Papers in the Tropical Agriculturist, 
the Bulletin of Entomological Research, the Journal of the 
Bombay Natural History Society, and Spolia Zeylanica, 
though these represent but a small fraction of the results 
which would naturally have accrued. 
Scientific by training and inclination, Mr. Rutherford 
abhorred slipshod work and unsupported hypotheses ; he 
subjected his own work to the most rigorous scrutiny, and 
expected others to do the same. His loss is deplored not only 
in Ceylon, but also by a wide circle of personal friends and 
co-workers in Europe and America. T. PETCH. 
Peradeniya, July, 1915. 
