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the last year's laj'er of needles and moss, and then I had no 

 difficulty, but found them in abundance. You have just to 

 roll up the carpet-like layer, and the pupae are easily found, 

 generally at about a foot distant from the tree. — G. Norman ; 

 Cluny Hill, Forres. 



Erebus odor a in Jamaica. — A solitary specimen of this 

 large and beautiful moth was taken here lately, by a negro, 

 resting with outspread wings on the under side of the lower 

 flooring of a house. It is the first of the species 1 have 

 observed on the north side of the island, and is a remarkably 

 fine one (a feniale), measuring 7 J inches from lip to tip of 

 upper wing. — Ahvin S. Bell, Srd West India Reyiment ; 

 FalmouiJi, Jamaica^ October 5, 1868. 



Obituary. 



Death qf Mr. Skuckard. — William Edward Shuckard, one 

 of the most accomplished entomologists this couniry has pro- 

 duced, died at the Oval Road, Kennington, on the 10th of 

 November, 1868, aged sixty-five years. His name will long 

 be remembered in connexion with his admirable translation 

 of Burmeister's ' Handbook of Entomology,' and his ' Essay 

 on the Indigenous Fossorial Hymenoptera of Great Britain.' 

 The latter, published in 1837, is without comparison the 

 most perfect entomological monograph ever published in 

 this country : the Latin diagnosis, or nomen specijicum, of 

 each species is a model of terseness and completeness. 

 Many detached papers in Natural-History journals attest 

 not only the extensive range of his attainments, but also 

 the {philosophical character of his mind. Mr. Smith, also 

 universally known by his works on Hymenoptera, and 

 one of Shuckard's earliest acquaintances, has most kindly 

 finnished me with the following particulars of his early life. 

 W. E. Shuckard was the eldest son of Mr. Shuckard of 

 Brighton, who for many years was the landlord of the ' Old 

 Ship,' at that time the principal hotel in Brighton. Shuckard's 

 father was a German, and, having at one time realized a 

 considerable fortune, he determined on giving his son the 

 benefit of a most liberal education. Shuckard was accord- 

 ingly sent to first-class schools, and became an excellent 



