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felt by the members present at the death of the late Mr. Henry 

 Doubleday, whose services to Entomology have been of 

 immense value for many years past, and whose invariable 

 kindness has endeared him to all who have known him." 



Death of Mr. Doubleday. — Henry Doubleday, who was 

 without exception the first Lepidopterist this country has 

 produced, died at his residence, at Epping, on the 29th of 

 June, 1875, sincerely lamented by all who enjoyed the 

 pleasure and advantage of his acquaintance. Had he lived 

 two days longer he would have completed his sixty-seventh 

 year. Mr. Doubleday was remarkable alike for his extensive 

 knowledge of British Lepidoptera, and for the unequalled 

 liberality with which he imparted that knowledge to others. 

 He inaugurated a new era in Entomology by introducing 

 uniformity in the nomenclature of species ; thus making the 

 names of British insects correspond with those in use on the 

 continent. At present there is no decision as to the destina- 

 tion of Mr. Doubleday's collection of Lepidoptera. Various 

 propositions have been made, but the trustees have not fallen 

 in with either of them. The house, out-buildings, furniture, 

 and books, have been sold ; and nothing now remains at 

 Epping of the great entomologist but a plain tablet in the 

 Friends' Burial Ground, showing the spot where his remains 

 rest in peace. — Edward Neivmaii. 



Errata. 



In my description of the larva of Emmelesia decolorata 

 (Entom. viii. \9i), for "Ephestia elutella" read "Ypsipetes 

 elutata"; for " central" read " ventral".— [/^ed;.] G.A.Small- 

 ivood ; Barrow-on-Trent, Derby. 



I see from the September number of the ' Entomologist,' 

 that you have confused my communications with those of 

 Mr. Harvvood. The records of " Tryphaena subsequa," 

 "T. interjecta," and "Plusia interrogationis" (Entom. viii. 199), 

 are mine, not Mr. Harwood's. — Geo. Brook; Fernbrook, 

 Huddersjield. 



Hydrcecia Petasitis feeds on the "butterbur" (Petasitis 

 vulgaris), not on the "coltsfoot," as stated (Entom. viii. 195). 



