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especially in dealing with the MicrolepUoptera^ the kind- 

 ness of his friends (among whom were most of the 

 principal entomologists of the day) was of great service 

 to him. His constant association for many years with 

 two well-known Dorset entomologists, Mr. N. M. 

 Richardson and Mr. E. R. Bankes, was a source of 

 great pleasure to him, and incidentally to those of his 

 sons who shared his tastes ; and from them, as well as 

 from Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson, Mr. W. Machin, Mr. W. 

 Farren, Mr.G. Elisha, Mr.W.H.B. Fletcher, and others, 

 he received much help. He collected, of course, mainly 

 at Bloxworth and in the neighbourhood, which offers a 

 singular variety of localities from its situation at the 

 junction of the heath, the clay, and the chalk. There 

 are few finer collecting grounds in this country than 

 Bere Wood, Morden Park, and the glorious expanse of 

 heath which runs from near Dorchester, past Wool and 

 Wareham (and through Bloxworth), and merges in the 

 New Forest beyond Wimborne and Ringwood; the 

 whole district is full of the choicest little spots for 

 the entomologist's pursuits, nearly all of them associated 

 with one or more rare or local species. Next to Blox- 

 worth came Portland, where he collected very frequently 

 down to 1870, and again from about 1885: onwards, 

 when the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson and 

 their knowledge of the entomological possibilities of the 

 island made collecting very delightful. He also went 

 for many years in succession, when he was a young 



