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He had formed large collections for a work on Fossil 

 Crustaceology, the materials for which, as well as num- 

 bers of his original drawings, are in the Hopeian Col- 

 lection. Donovan had, however, a more extended genius, 

 and his " Tour through South Wales " is still one of the 

 best archaeological works on that part of the Principality. 

 He had also studied Chinese, as may be seen by nume- 

 rous quotations in his " Naturalist's Miscellany ;" and 

 various curious illustrated Chinese works on Astronomy, 

 Astrology, Natural History, &c., with his marginal notes, 

 are in the possession of Mr. Westwood. 



DONZEL, Hugues, of Lyons, elected in 1833 a Mem. of the Ent. 

 Soc. of France : author of Descriptions of new species of 

 Lepidoptera, and other papers, in the " Annales " of that 

 Society for the years 1838-39. 



DOUBLEDAY, Henry, of Epping, author of " Nomenclature of 

 British Birds" (1839, 3rd edit.), "List of British Lepi- 

 doptera" (1847), "A Synonymic List of Brit. Lep." 

 (1850), and of many short communications to The Zoo- 

 logist. A new " Synonymic List of British Lepido- 

 ptera," prepared by Mr. Doubleday, with the assistance 

 of M. Guenee, is on the point of appearing. 



D.OUGLAS, John Williams, of Lee, Kent : late Sec. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., and author of some valuable Monographs in the 

 Transactions of that Society, of many papers in The Zoo- 

 logist and The Entomologist, and of " The World of In- 

 sects ; a Guide to its Wonders " (1856). Mr. Douglas 

 is also joint-author of "The Natural History of the 

 Tineina." 



DUPONCHEL, A. J., late Vice-Pres. of the Soc. Ent. de France, 

 was the Director of the Theatre Fra^ais in Paris, author 

 of " Hist. Nat. des Lepidopteres de France," " Icono- 

 graphie des Chenilles, pour faire suite a THist. Nat. des 

 Lepidop." (Paris, 1832), "Catalogue Methodique des 

 Lepidop. d'Europe" (1831 and 1844), and of many 

 papers in the Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



EDLESTON, R. S., of Manchester, a collector of British Lepi- 

 doptera : with the exception of some communications to 

 The Zoologist, is not known as an author. 



ESPER, Eugene Johann Christoph, born in 1742 : at first 

 studied Theology and Philosophy, but subsequently applied 

 himself entirely to Natural History : was the author of 

 " Die Europ. Schmett. in Abbild. nach der Natur und 

 mit Beschreibungen " (Erlangen, 1777-1807), "Die 

 ausland. Schmett. in Abbild," (1785-98), "Lehrbuch 

 der Mineralogie" (1810), &c. ; and commenced a History 



