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72. THE ENTOMOLOGIST’. 
of our coleoptera. His father, George Robert Waterhouse, is 
well remembered by his ‘Catalogue of British Coleoptera.’ His 
brother, Charles Owen, is a coleopterist of renown; his other 
brother, Frederick H., has also been an ardent collector, while his 
late brother-in-law, E. C. Rye, was a recognised authority on the 
subject. Beside the atmosphere of such an entomological family 
circle, our deceased friend has often told the present writer of ento- 
mological suppers given by his father, when old-time workers—such 
as Dr. Power—gathered round the table. He was thus reared among 
coleopterists, and where anything but enthusiasm was impossible. 
Often when he has joined me on angling and other rambles, he has 
frequently recognised spots as where he had accompanied his father 
on collecting visits years before. 
He was for some time entomological curator to the Marquis of 
Ripon, and was for several years engaged in the City on business 
pursuits, where he nearly achieved prosperity, which was only pre- 
vented by one of those recurrent financial blizzards which wreck so 
many promising campaigns. It was in the City and in early days 
that he first made the acquaintance of the late George Verrall; they 
collected together at Rannoch and elsewhere, while the friendship 
was never broken. 
Edward Waterhouse published and recorded very little, his great 
service to British entomology was reliable information placed at the 
disposal of any enquirer. He was frequently consulted, and his great 
familiarity with these insects, combined with his wonderful memory 
and recognition of species, was seldom at fault; if he did not iden- 
tify at sight, it was not long before the names of both genus 
and species were forthcoming. As a collector he added two species 
to the British list, viz., Quedius brevicornis, Th. (1871) and Adrastus 
pusillus, EF’. (1888), while among his rare captures may be mentioned 
Nycetophagus fulvicollis, ¥., Acylophorus glabricollis, Boisd., Hylo- 
trupes bajulus, L., Clytus arenatus, L., Lamia textor, ¥., Anisotoma 
picea, Ill, and Bruchus pecticornis, L. He also made a very fine 
collection of vars. of Coccinellide. As Mr. H. Donisthorpe—who 
has given me these particulars—remarks, ‘‘ He was a very sound 
Celeopterist and a first-rate collector.’’ His knowledge was not con- 
fined to the Coleoptera, for of British insects in general he had a 
good and first-hand familiarity. He occupied a trustworthy and 
recognised position in the entomological setting and distributing room 
of the British Museum, and of his technic it could be said that no 
specimen was too badly damaged for him to restore, and none too 
minute for him to set out. 
It was, however, his unique personality that endeared him to his 
many friends and enlisted the regard of all who met him. He had 
the most delightful veneer of Bohemianism over a character that 
comprised an almost puritanical rectitude and sincerity. In recrea- 
tion he was known as a more than average amateur in the game of 
billiards, and in the late sixties and seventies was well known at 
Kilpack’s (now only a memory) as a good player at bowls. 
He will be more than missed by many personal friends, and by 
none more than the writer of this notice. Wi: L. Dae 
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