TT7ILLIAM HENRY EDWARDS, born in Hunter, Greene County, 

 * * N. Y., March 15, 1822, died in Coalburgh, West Virginia, April 

 4, 1909, was a generous contributor to our knowledge of Lepidoptera, 

 especially of America north of Mexico. 



His more prominent writings were " A Voyage up the River Ama- 

 zon" (i6mo, 256 pp. New York: 1847. New edition, I2mo, 8 + 210 

 pp. London, 1855) ; "The Butterflies of North America," series 1-5 

 (4to, illus. New York and Boston : 1868-1897); " Synopsis of North 

 American Butterflies " (410, 5 -f 52 pp. Philadelphia: 1872); "Cata- 

 logue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico " (Trans. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc., Vol. 6, pp. 1-68) ; " Revised Catalogue of the Diurnal 

 Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico " (8vo, pp. 95. Philadelphia : 

 1884); also over two hundred and fifty articles in various scientific 

 journals, as noted on following pages. 



