240 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
felt by the members present at the death of the late Mr. Henry 
Doubleday, whose services to Entomology have been of 
immense value for many years past, and whose invariable 
kindness has endeared him to all who have known hin.” 
Death of Mr. Doubleday—Henry Doubleday, who was 
without exception the first Lepidopterist this country has 
produced, died at his residence, at Epping, on the 29th of 
June, 1875, sincerely lamented by all who enjoyed the 
pleasure and advantage of his acquaintance. Had he lived 
two days longer he would have completed his sixty-seventh 
vear. Mr. Doubleday was remarkable alike for his extensive 
knowledge of British Lepidoptera, and for the unequalled 
liberality with which he imparted that knowledge to others. 
He inaugurated a new era in Entomology by introducing 
uniformity in the nomenclature of species; thus making the 
names of British insects correspond with those in use on the 
continent. At present there is no decision as to the destina- 
tion of Mr. Doubleday’s collection of Lepidoptera. Various 
propositions have been made, but the trustees have not fallen 
in with either of them. The house, out-buildings, furniture, 
and books, have been sold; and nothing now remains at 
Epping of the great entomologist but a plain tablet in the 
Friends’ Burial Ground, showing the spot where his remains 
rest in peace.—Edward Newman. 
Errata. 
In my description of the larva of Emmelesia decolorata 
(Entom. viii. 194), for “ Ephestia elutella” read “ Ypsipetes 
elutata”; for “ central” read “ ventral”.—[ Rev. ] G. A. Small- 
wood ; Barrow-on-Trent, Derby. 
I see from the September number of the ‘ Entomologist,’ 
that you have confused my communications with those of 
Mr. Harwood. The records of “Tryphena_ subsequa,” 
“'T’. interjecta,” and “ Plusia interrogationis” (Entom. viil. 199), 
are mine, not Mr. Harwood’s.—Geo. Brook; Fernbrook, 
Huddersfield. 
Hydrecia Petasitis feeds on the “butterbur” (Petasitis 
vulgaris), not on the “ coltsfoot,” as stated (Entom. viii. 195). 
