SPILOSOMA LUBRICIPEDA AND ITS VARIETIES. 27 



the flora of Perthshire, the Land and freshwater MoUusca of 

 Scotland, and the Fungi of large districts in Scotland. He had 

 also studied carefully some of the difficult groups of microscopic 

 insects, and was well acquainted with the moss and lichen flora 

 of the country. In later years he turned a good deal of attention 

 to geology, more especially in its relation to the distribution of 

 plants and animals, and had a good knowledge of the geological 

 structure of the country around Perth. I ought not to omit to 

 mention also the work he did amongst the mammals, birds, and 

 other vertebrates of Perthshire and the basin of the Tay. I 

 will not presume to enlarge on the work which he did in con- 

 nection with the Perthshire Natural History Museum. That 

 museum itself is a monument which will tell to future gene- 

 rations the story of years of anxious thought, of patient labour, 

 of loving care for all the things by which God made this world 

 beautiful. Of the wisdom and forethought with which he 

 guided the affairs of the Society all who have served on the 

 Council know full well. Sometimes we were inclined to think 

 that he held out too rigidly for carrying it on strictly on the 

 lines followed by the metropolitan societies, but experience has 

 shown that in this he acted wisely, and the benefit has been 

 reaped in the reputation which our Society, especially in regard 

 to its publications and its museum, has attained. At the same 

 time it must be remembered that while he held strong opinions 

 of his own, and was ready to express them strongly too if 

 needful, yet he was ever ready to listen to the views of others, 

 and to extend a broad-minded liberality towards those who 

 difl'ered from him." 



Apart from matters pertaining to his favourite studies Dr. 

 White did not enter much into what is known as public life, but 

 he was seldom absent from important social gatherings. His 

 genial manner and amiable disposition endeared him to all with 

 whom he came in contact, and he will be greatly missed, not 

 only in his own city and among his own people, but by that 

 wider circle who knew him only as a correspondent or through 

 his published writings. 



SPILOSOMA LUBRICIPEDA AND ITS VAEIETIES IN 

 YORKSHIRE, DURHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE, &c. 

 By W. Hewett. 



(Concluded from p. 8.) 



Var. ehoraci. — This, in my opinion, is by far the most 

 interesting variety of S. hihricipedd, and occurs more abundantly 

 in the neighbourhood of York than elsewhere, though it is by no 

 means confined to the environs of our fine old city, or indeed to 



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