264 THE KNTOMOLOGIST. 



acquired both the Spanish and Norwegian languages. In 1865, 

 having made the " Grand Tour," he pubhshed for private circulation 

 ' Continental Wayside Notes,' brimfpl of humour and observation, 

 the chapters dealing vpith visits to l^erlin, Potsdam, and Constanti- 

 nople having a particular interest in the light of current events. 

 Indeed, with his love of art and appreciation of literature, it is a 

 thousand pities that he did not again venture beyond the pages of 

 the several magazines to which he contributed articles and papers, 

 among others, ' The Musician,' the ' Journal of the Linnean 

 Society,' the ' Entomologist,' * and the ' Selborne.' Quick to deter- 

 mine species, I rather think he was the first British entomologist to 

 report Plebeiiis zephyrus var. lycidas, both in the Stalden Valley 

 and on the Gemmi Pass at a time when it was supposed to be 

 localised on the Simplon ; and he also claimed P. csgon var. Corsica 

 for Norway, though not having seen the examples referred to 

 ('Entomologist,' vol. xxxvii, p. 63) I am unable to confirm the 

 identification. Mr. Standen's collections were sold at Stevens' in 

 November, 1913. The purchaser of the Plebeids could no doubt 

 assist us. For many years notes of scientific interest have appeared 

 from his pen in our pages. Meanwhile, also, his complete herbarium 

 of English flora was presented to the Natural History Museum, 

 though to the limit of his life his love of Nature never flagged. 

 Painting, however, was his most loved hobby. His pictures were 

 exhibited at the Dudley Gallery Art Society, for w'hich Society he 

 officiated as a member of the Hanging Committee for some years. 

 Mr. Standen was President of the South London Natural History 

 Society in 1879. In 1889 he joined the Entomological Society of 

 London, and in 1906 was elected to serve on the Council, but retired 

 the same year, having now transferred his household to an incon- 

 venient distance from London. I am told that his entomology began 

 in the early " seventies " when resident at Surbiton. He lived after- 

 wards at Aylsham and Framlingham Earl Hall in Norfolk, in London, 

 at Thorpe-le-Soken, Lindfield, Sussex, and, lastly, at Cupersham 

 House, Romsey, varied with years spent in Germany, where he 

 devoted himself chiefly to music, having a fine bass voice, and with 

 winters in Italy, Belgium, and the Riviera. We were to have 

 explored Auvergne together in 1909, but the trip never came off, as 

 I was prevented unexpectedly at the last moment from leaving 

 London at the time fixed. A man of persistent industry and mani- 

 fold talent his intellectual vitality never deserted him, and physically 

 strong to within a few years of the end he could walk down the 

 youngest butterfly hunter, and enjoy golfing and cycling, his favourite 

 exercises. His last years were spent at Romsey, where he died 

 peacefully in July, leaving a widow, six daughters, and one son, 

 Commissioner of Berar, in the Indian Civil Service. As one who 

 knew him for five and twenty years I can say sincerely that no 

 kinder heart ever beat, and that, though an octogenarian, he died, 

 as those whom the gods love, young. H. R.-B. 



* Principal contributions — ' Among the Butterflies of Corsica,' vol. xxxvi. 1893. 

 ' Among the Butterflies and Flowers of Norway,' vol, xxxi. 1897. ' Rhopalscera 

 at Barcelona, Montserrat, and Vernet-les-Bains,' vol. xxxviii. 1905. 



