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Entomology was almost restricted to Lepidoptera, of vv^hicli 

 he had an extensive collection. His works on Parnassius, 

 Erebia and on Oriental Hesperiidae are among the best 

 known publications on these subjects. Some of his botanical 

 works, such as the " Monograph of the Lilies " and " The 

 Trees of Great Britain and Ireland," are magnificent pro- 

 ductions. 



G. A. Rothney, well known as a student of Hymenoptera, 

 particularly of the Oriental fauna, died on January 31st at 

 the age of 72. His valuable collection and books relating to 

 the subject were presented by him to the Hope Department 

 at Oxford. 



Much useful work in the exploration of local faunae has been 

 accomplished by our lamented colleagues W. M. Geldart, the 

 Coleopterist, and Lachlan Gibb, A. Home, A. Marshall, and 

 R. H. Moore, whose contributions to the knowledge of British 

 Lepidoptera are found in the Entomologist and other 

 magazines. 



From the colonies the news has reached us of the death of 

 our Fellows R. M. Lightfoot, at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 F. M. Littler, in Tasmania, G, Storey, in Cairo and J. Winter- 

 scale, in Perak. 



On August 27th passed away one of the most distinguished 

 Coleopterists of our time, Dr. David Sharp, president of this 

 Society in 1887-8, special Life Fellow since 1921, and corre- 

 sponding and honorary member of many foreign societies. 

 His works on various groups of British Coleoptera, on the 

 Dytiscidae of the globe, on the beetles of New Zealand, Japan, 

 and Central America, and especially the volumes on Insects in 

 the Cambridge Natural History series, to mention only a few 

 of his more important contributions to our science, are known 

 and used all through the entomological world. He died at the 

 ripe age of nearly 82, after a life full of devotion to the work he 

 loved. 



W. Purdey, who died on the 1st of February, was well 

 known to most British Lepidopterists as a very successful 

 collector of Microlepidoptera in the neighbourhood of Folke- 

 stone, where he lived. Many of us have corresponded with 

 him and have in our collections specimens obtained by him. 



