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his name has been familiar to all readers of the * Entomologist's 

 Weekly Intelligencer ' and the ' Entomologist's Monthly Maga- 

 zine ' ; and, in co-operation with the late William Buckler, he 

 succeeded in tracing the life-histories of a large number of our 

 Lepidoptera. The first volume of Buckler's ' Larvae of the 

 British Butterflies and Moths ' contains a most valuable appendix 

 by Mr. Hellins, describing the life-histories of twenty-five of our 

 butterflies, with notes on one or two others. These are described 

 by the talented and regretted author as " stop-gaps " ; but they 

 are very necessary and very good ones, especially as they were 

 almost entirely prepared at short notice in the year 1885. The 

 " stop-gaps " in the recently-issued second volume exceed the 

 original matter in length, and treat more or less fully of forty-six 

 species. Well may the editor write : — " The Rev. John Hellins 

 has not only exerted himself, but has enlisted the aid of his 

 friends to an extraordinary degree." We fear this good work and 

 all lepidopterists will greatly feel the loss we so much regret. 

 Mr. Hellins was for some time in early life a master in the 

 Exeter Grammar School; and in 1859 succeeded his father as 

 chaplain to the Devon county prison, which position he resigned 

 some six or seven years ago on account of ill-health. This also 

 affected his entomological work ; but it was remarkable, to those 

 who knew the nature of his failing, with what zeal he returned to 

 his former labours of love, both in the church and with his 

 insects. The work contained in the two volumes alluded to are 

 a sufficient monument ; but all will deeply regret it cannot be 

 completed. It was indeed a labour of love with him, as far as 

 possible, to complete the work of his lost friend and coadjutor; 

 and would that it had been permitted him to do so. — E. A. F. 



Thomas Wilson. — 3ilany readers, especially in Yorkshire, 

 will regret to learn of the death of Thomas Wilson, of Holgate, 

 York, which occurred on the i7th April, aged fifty-one years. 

 He was one of the oldest York entomologists, having been a 

 collector of Lepidoptera for over thirty years. His attention, 

 however, was chiefly given of late j^ears to the Tenthredinidse, 

 of which he leaves a good collection. His contributions to the 

 'Entomologist' and 'Naturalist' were numerous; and he was 

 engaged, up to a few days of his death, upon a list of the Macro- 

 and Micro-Lepidoptera of York and district. He leaves a widow 

 and five children. — Samuel Walker; 8, Neville Street, York. 



