100 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The evening was devoted to the exhibition of a large number of ad- 

 mirable photomicrographs made by Mr. Fred Clarke ; together with a 

 number of slides showing details of the Odonata (dragonflies) made by 

 Air. Lucas. The slides were of particular interest, as the objects were 

 chosen in many cases by other members and handed to Mr. Clarke, 

 who photographed and most skilfully manipulated them for exhibition 

 in the Society's lantern. — Hy. J. Turner (Hon. Rep. Sec). 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — February 21st, 1898. — 

 Mr. G. T. Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair. Mr. B. C. Bradley 

 showed Capua flavillaceana, which had been common in Sutton Park 

 last year, though in previous years he had only seen occasional 

 specimens. Mr. P. W. Abbott, a very fine and well marked series of 

 Cornish Li/ccena avion ; also Gnophos obscuraria from Lewis, with var. 

 cala )laria and an intermediate form. Mr. Bethune-Baker, two drawers 

 full of the genus Colias. — Colbran J. Wainwright, Hon. Sec. 



OBITUARY. 



John N. Young died somewhat suddenly on Feb. 13th last, at his 

 residence in Rotherham. He was born in Lincolnshire, and as a 

 young man spent several years in London. Between thirty and forty 

 years ago Messrs. Guest and Chrimes acquired a branch of trade with 

 Avhich the late Mr. Farindon Lane was associated, and when he 

 removed from London to Rotherham, Mr. Young, who was then one 

 of his workmen, went with him, and thenceforth continued with the 

 firm until disabled by his last illness, which was of a lingering 

 character. Mr. Young delighted to spend his leisure hours in the 

 woods and fields, and his wide knowledge of natural history was 

 acquired by patient observation and practical acquaintance with the 

 objects themselves. As an instance of the enthusiastic way in which 

 he carried on his entomological work, it may be mentioned that he 

 frequently walked some ten miles or more to a favourite wood or other 

 collecting ground, where he would spend the night and then tramp 

 home again the next morning. He was elected a member of the 

 South London Entomological and Natural History Society in 1888, 

 and he had an extensive circle of entomological friends, by all of whom 

 he was esteemed as a warm-hearted and liberal correspondent. 



John William Shipp died at 117, Cowley Road, Oxford, on Feb. 15th 

 last, aged twenty-four years. From his boyhood Mr. Shipp was 

 greatly interested in the study of natural history, and left the teaching 

 profession to become assistant to the late Prof. Westwood, who held a 

 high opinion of him as an entomologist. After the death of Prof. 

 Westwood he had charge of the Zoological Department of the Oxford 

 University Museum until the appointment of Prof. Poulton. Subse- 

 quently he was engaged on entomological work in the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild's museum at Tring. As a practical entomologist he was 

 both expert and assiduous, and his published papers on Coleoptera, &c. 

 (Entom. vols, xxvi.-xxx.) afford evidence of his ability in literary 

 research, and also show that he was admirably qualified to deal with 

 his subjects scientifically. His early death is much to be deplored. 



