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and made the acquaintance of Bates and many of the other 

 leading entomologists. One or two papers on Mexican 

 Coleoptera were contributed by him lo German periodicals. 



Joseph Chappell. — Joseph Cbappell died on October 3rd 

 last in Manchester, in his G7th year. By his death Lan- 

 cashire has lost a fine example of its many working-men 

 naturalists. For upwards of forty years he collected, studied, 

 and observed the insects of the Manchester district. He ren- 

 dered valuable assistance to Dr. Ellis in his " Catalogue of 

 the Lepidoptera of Lancashire and Cheshire," and he also 

 helped Canon Fowler in his " Coleoptera of Great Britain and 

 Ireland." He discovered Lymexyhm navale in Durham Park. 

 He worked out the life-history of Sesia cuUciformU on Chat Moss, 

 and was the first to detect Tapinostola elymi as a British insect. 

 During the Jubilee Exhibition at Old Trafford he was in 

 charge of the exhibition of living silkworm moths. Mr 

 Chappell was an Honorary Member of the Lancashire and 

 Cheshire Entomological Society. His extensive collections 

 were recently purchased by Mr. C. H. Schill. 



Dr. F. F. MoRAwiTz, who died at St. Petersburg on the 17th 

 ult., was, I believe, the founder of the Russian Entomological 

 Society. He was born at St. Petersburg, of Silesian parents, 

 on August 3rd, 1827. He studied at the University of 

 Dorpat, became physician at the Empress Marie Institute, 

 and at various times travelled all over Europe. Twice he 

 joined scientific expeditions to the Caucasus. He is said to 

 have possessed one of the finest insect collections in the world. 



