

specimens of some which are now great rarities, such as 

 Noctua subrosea. In his latest years of regular collecting 

 he acquired good series of the species of Lithocolletis and 

 Nepticula, bred from leaf-mines, and beautifully set with 

 the delicacy of touch which he possessed in so high 

 a degree. 



He made a not inconsiderable collection of insects 

 belonging to orders other than LepUoptera. The 

 Coleoptera he turned over to me as soon as I showed 

 a steady inclination for them, but the nucleus of my 

 own collection consists of the specimens which he had 

 previously caught, and down to his last year he added 

 to these himself whenever he had the opportunity. 



In the course of collecting Lepidoptera, and on other 

 occasions, he took a great many Hymenoptera and 

 Diptera, and among the former in particular were a 

 considerable number of rare species. For a few years 

 he worked hard at the Hemiptera, and as a result 

 acquired a very useful and representative collection of 

 British species. He was much indebted to Mr. Edward 

 Saunders and other friends for their assistance in naming 

 specimens from these c other orders '. 



But of course his principal work was done among 

 the Arachnida. His special interest in this order dates 

 from about 1854, when, as has already been recorded, he 

 received much encouragement from Mr. R. H. Meade, 

 of Bradford, and through him became acquainted with 

 Blackwall, whose great work he helped to prepare for 



