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from IbOl to 1871, during a critical period of its history. 

 When Mr. Van Voorst discontinued the pubhcation of the 

 ' Zoological Kecord,' in 1871, Stainton was principally 

 instrumental iu founding the Zoological Record Association, 

 which Avas continued till 1886, when its indispensable pub- 

 lication was undertaken by the Zoological Society of London. 

 The collections of his favourite groups amassed by Stainton 

 are very extensive, and he also possessed a valuable entomo- 

 logical library, the basis of which was that of J. F. Stephens. 

 A Catalogue of the latter was published by Stainton in 185B. 

 His Cabinets and Library were always freely open to all who 

 wished to consult them. For many years Stainton was a 

 keen collector of British Lepidoptera, and he eagerly sought 

 recruits to join him in his expeditions. The influence tlnis 

 acquired over many a young naturalist was very great. One 

 of the most useful results of this period was the publication 

 of the ' Manual of British Butterflies and Moths,' compiled 

 in a concise and readable style, which remains to this day the 

 best book on the subject. Stainton was elected a Fellow of 

 the Royal Society in 1867, and served on the Council in 

 1880—1882. 



Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S., who died on the 16th of 

 February last, in his sixty-eighth year, was born at Leicester 

 on the 8th of February 1825. He joined our Society in 1861, 

 and was elected President for the years 1869 and 1870, 

 and again for 1878, and frequently acted as one of our 

 Council. I do not propose to repeat here the outlines of 

 Bates's life, which have been already given, not only in 

 Entomological Journals, but fully in the ' Proceedings of the 

 Royal Geographical Society ' for April last, and again in the 

 admirable Memoir, by Mr. Edward Clodd, which accompanied 

 a new edition of the well-known ' Naturalist on the 

 Amazons,' lately published by John Murray ; but there are 

 points in Bates's life, especially relating to his entomolo- 

 gical work, upon which I should like to say a few words. 

 These concern his collections made chiefly during his travels, 

 and the work he subsequently based upon them m its 

 various aspects. Bates's collections made during his eleven 

 years' residence in the Valley of the Amazons contained) 



