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we must consider him chiefly as an iconographer ; but in this 

 useful sphere he was facile princcps. I am not aware that he 

 advanced any view^s as to classification, and he rarely even 

 described new genera. The structural characters of the fasci- 

 nating objects of his study he for the most part ignored ; and it 

 was amusing to those who knew him, to observe how persistently 

 he declined to accept the great aid to classification and estimate 

 of natural affinities afforded by the form of the anterior legs, on 

 which his contemporaries were founding a really natural arrange- 

 ment of the Diurnal Lepidoptera. In a similar way he set his 

 face against the teachings of Geographical Distribution and the 

 formation of varieties and races under the influence of local 

 conditions. His generally accurate delineation of the nervm-es 

 arose, not from an appreciation of then- real scientific importance, 

 but from their relations to the colours and markings in figuring 

 the species. The serious students of the Order have, however, 

 reason to feel deeply grateful to him for his attention to this 

 feature, especially in the groups Danaidae and Heliconidas. 



The death of Mr. Hewitson, as I observed at the commence- 

 ment of this notice, has caused a distinct void in the Entomo- 

 logical world. His charming residence at Oatlands, where house 

 and grounds displayed so eloquently the pure and refined taste of 

 their o^^^ler, who had planned all himself, was a place of occa- 

 sional resort which many will long feel the loss of. But it is chiefly 

 in the cessation of his published works, of the emulation of which 

 he was the centre and the stimulus to travellers and collectors, 

 which was supplied by his encouragement and expenditure, 

 that will, I fear, for some time to come be felt, in lessened zeal 

 in the study of exotic Lepidoptera. 



Two other members whose loss we have to regret are 

 Mr. T. W. WoNFOR, of Brighton,, and Mr. N. C. Tuely, F.L.S., 

 of Wimbledon Park. Mr. Wonfor, who had only recently been 

 elected, was known chiefly as a Microscopist and contributor in 

 various branches of Zoology to the ' Proceedings of the Brighton 

 and Sussex Natural History Society,' and to other periodicals of 

 general science. Mr. Tuely, whose death has occurred since the 

 commencement of the year, had paid considerable attention to 

 the Diurnal Lepidoptera and contributed notes at various times, 

 including the description of a new sjDecies, on the butterflies of 

 the Sandwich Islands, in the ' Entomologist's Monthlv Magazine.' 



