264 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The Micro-Lepidoptera of Guernsey. By W. A. Luff. 8vo, pp. 11. A 

 reprint of a paper read before the Guernsey Society of Natural 

 History, and published in its ' Transactions ' for the year 1898. 



Two hundred and eighteen species, including five Deltoids and 

 Aveyitia flexula, are recorded as occurring in Guernsey ; three of 

 these — Tortrix pronubana, Hiibn. ; Adela violella, Tr. ; Fumea (?) 

 lapidicella, Zell. — are noted as not found in Britain. The general 

 arrangement of the list is on the lines of that of the ' Entomologist 

 Synonymic List,' but Helias chlorana is placed with the Tortrices. 



Mr. Luff remarks that most of the species referred to were captured 

 in the perfect state, and it would seem that very few of them have 

 been obtained in their earlier stages. Possibly when more attention 

 is directed to the collecting of larvae of " Micros," a number of additions 

 will be made to the list, and at the same time some of those species 

 now only represented by one example or perhaps a couple of specimens 

 will turn up more plentifully. 



We heartily congratulate Mr. Luff on the production of this list, 

 which has evidently been compiled with care. All the species have 

 been examined by high authorities, and the identifications may 

 therefore be taken as correct, a matter, we may add, of the utmost 

 importance in all local lists. 



OBITUAKY. 



We regret to announce that Mr. Samuel Stevens, of " Loanda," 

 Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, died on August 29th. He was born on 

 March 11th, 1817, and was therefore in his eighty-third year. 



Mr. Stevens joined his brother in business at Covent Garden about 

 1840, but withdrew again in 1848, when he established a Natural History 

 Agency at 24, Bloomsbury Street. At that time Messrs. Wallace and 

 Bates were about to start for the Amazon, and he undertook to act as 

 their agent in the distribution of the natural history specimens that 

 they obtained. On the death of his brother, in 1859, Mr. Stevens took 

 charge of the auction business in King Street on behalf of the widow, 

 and continued to conduct it until his nephews took over the management. 

 During that time he still carried on the Bloomsbury agency, but in 1867 

 he sold the business to Mr. Higgins, and thenceforth devoted himself 

 almost entirely to his favourite pursuits, which were, insect collecting, 

 fishing, and water-colour painting, in which art he was an adept. 

 From his early youth he had been an ardent entomologist, but he had 

 always a strong penchant for the practical side of the subject. As a 

 collector of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera he was most successful, and 

 many of the rarer species in each order were captured by him. There 

 are many notes from his pen scattered through the various entomo- 

 logical journals, but he did not estimate his own knowledge and ability 

 at their true value, and consequently he did not contribute very largely 

 to entomological literature. He was a Fellow of the Linnean and 

 Entomological Societies of London ; his election into the latter dates 

 as far back as 1837. He was also a member of the Entomological Club 

 from the year 1852. We understand that his collections will be 

 disposed of either as they stand or by auction. 



