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and Wocke's Catalogue, printed in single columns, appeared in 1871 ; 

 and we may remark that Dr. Staudinger's portion of this work, though, 

 of course, not absolutely free from errors, is far superior to that of his 

 coadjutor. Dr. Wocke, especially as regards the completeness and 

 accuracy of its quotations from English authors. The book, however, 

 does not include the whole Palfearctic Region ; Japan, North China, 

 Egypt, &c., not being included. 



Dr. Staudinger took up his residence at Blasewitz, near Dresden, 

 where he established, at first alone, and subsequently in partnership 

 with his son-in-law, Bang Haas, a Swede, an enormous emporium for 

 the sale of European and exotic insects, especially Lepidoptera, and 

 issued a continuous series of price-lists for many years, which were 

 circulated all over the world. He had been a great invalid for some 

 years before his death, and this retarded the publication of the long- 

 promised third edition of his great Catalogue of PalaBarctic Lepidoptera, 

 undertaken with the co-operation of Dr. H. Eebel. We hope that this is 

 practically ready for publication, and will shortly be issued ; but even 

 though this should be the case, and although we should not grudge 

 an old man a well-earned holiday, we cannot help regretting that he 

 was not able to see it througli the press during his own lifetime. 



Dr. Staudinger continued to travel much in various parts of Europe, 

 and perhaps North Africa, but we are not aware that his travels led 

 him further. He occasionally visited London, but only rarely, and at 

 long intervals. He also issued from time to time most valuable papers 

 on the Lepidoptera of the less-known parts of the Palrearctic Region, 

 founded on the extensive collections formed for him by various collec- 

 tors. Among these were his " Beitrage zur Lepidopterenfauna 

 Griechenlands," which fills the greater part of the seventh volume of 

 the ' Horse Societatis Entomologicae Rossicse ' (1870), and numerous 

 papers 6n the Lepidoptera of various parts of Northern and Central 

 Asia, published in various periodicals, chiefly German and Russian, 

 but which it would take up too much space to enumerate here. 



But by far the most important work of the latter part of Dr. 

 Staudinger's life, and also almost his only important publication 

 relative to exotic Lepidoptera, was his ' Exotische Tagfalter in Sys- 

 tematischer Reihenfolge, mit Beriieksichtigung neuerer Arten, unter 

 technischer Mitwirkung von Dr. H. Langhans.' It is a thick volume 

 in small folio, published at Fiirth, in Bavaria, from 1884 to 1888, and 

 illustrated by one hundred crowded plates of butterflies. Notwith- 

 standing the title, European and Palfearctic species are included in 

 their places, making the book by far the most complete which has 

 appeared on the subject of butterflies in general, though it is issued at 

 a comparatively moderate price. It was accompanied by a second 

 volume, by Drs. Schatz and Rober, with characters of the families and 

 genera, illustrated by thirty-six plain plates of neuration. In this 

 latter work, however, the genera of Hesperiidfe are not included. 



We have spoken only of Dr. Staudinger's scientific work, but no 

 doubt other obituaries will appear, written by entomologists who were 

 more intimately acquainted with him than the present writer, and who 

 may be able to supply particulars of general interest relating to his 

 personal history. W F K 



