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continue to work on semi-officially or unofficially for some little time 

 probably, and it is not impossible that I may later on undertake a 

 new Catalogue of Odonata for the Museum. 



He continued to visit and work at intervals at the Museum 

 until August or later of the past year (1912). 



In May, 1899, he paid a three weeks' visit to his brother in 

 Boston, Massachusetts, but did not travel much in the country. 



His literary labors resulted also in many popular books on 

 entomology, in writings on folk-lore and ethnology, and in at 

 least one volume on Evolution and Natural Theology. 



Mr. Kirby's wife died some years ago; he is survived by a 

 son. 



[Since the above was written the January number of the Entomolo- 

 gist's Monthly Magazine has reached us with an obituary notice of 

 Mr. Kirby, containing a number of additional interesting details.] 



P. P. c. 



Peter Cameron. 



Two obituary notices, of very dififerent character, of this 

 voluminous writer on Hymenoptera have appeared in the Jan- 

 uary issues of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine and of 

 the Entomologist respectively. From them we learn that he 

 died at New Mills, Derbyshire, England, December i, 1912, 

 aged sixty-five. His earlier years were much handicapped by 

 poverty and ill health. Throughout his life he was known to 

 very few of his fellow entomologists. His principal works were 

 a Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera iri 

 four volumes published by the Ray Society, 1882-1892, and 

 volumes I and II of the Hymenoptera of the Biologia Centrali- 

 Americana, 1883-1900. His collection of British Phytophagous 

 Hymenoptera and a large number of his exotic types are in 

 the British Museum of Natural History, others forming part 

 of the Rothney collection of Indian Hymenoptera are in the 

 University Museum, Oxford. 



Correction. 

 News for January, 1913, page 3. line 8. the date of birth of 

 Raphaelle Peale should be 1774, instead of 1744. 



