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Mr. Joshua Brown. Tliey proved to belong to a Dipterous 

 insect (Machserium mavitimurD), one of the Dolichopidae. 

 They were found lying on the wet, salt sand or mud, and 

 mostly fell to pieces when touched. [See p. 207. — E. Newman.] 

 Agrotera vemoralis. — Mr. S. Stevens exhibited specimens 

 of Agrotera nemoralis and other Lepidopterous insects from 

 Abbot's Wood, Lewes. 



Death of Mr. Alfred Owen. — It is with the deepest regret 

 I announce to the readers of the 'Entomologist' the death of 

 my much-loved and valued friend, Alfred Owen. He died at 

 Llanfairfechan, North Wales, on ihe 31st of July last, aged 

 forty-two, after a few days illness, brought on through taking 

 cold, which ended in an attack of congestion of the lungs. 

 My acquaintance with him commenced about eight years ago, 

 through our mutual liking for Lepidoptera ; and since then 

 we have passed weeks together at a time in the New Forest, 

 Hampshire, and other localities, in pursuit of this study. 

 Mr. Owen was in every sense of the word a thorough gentle- 

 man, an ardent lover of Natural History, and a most interesting 

 and well-informed companion. He leaves behind him a most 

 valuable collection of Lepidoptera, rich in varieties, in which 

 he took peculiar delight. The last month of his life was 

 passed at Llanfairfechan, with myself and family. He was 

 anxious that I should record the capture of Acidalia conti- 

 guaria, at Penmaenmavvr, by my son Henry, and afterwards 

 both by himself and myself on the rocks between Penmaen- 

 mavvr and Llanfairfechan. The locality of this insect I under- 

 stand has not been before discovered, and those who possess 

 specimens are indebted for them to my friend, Mr. Greening, 

 of Warrington, who was fortunate in rearing and keeping up 

 a breed from the eggs laid by a moth taken some years ago 

 at Bangor, which moth is in the cabinet of my late friend. 

 We also captured A. Ashworthii at the same spot, and 

 Cucullia Absinthii in the garden of the house where we 

 resided. The intelligence of the death of Mr. Owen will, I 

 am sure, cause deep sorrow to many of your readers. As 

 regards myself, in him I have lost a friend and companion 

 such as can never be replaced. — Samuel James Capper; 

 Huyton Park, Huyton, August 6, 1874. 



