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In Memoriam : J . W . Carter. 



J. W. Carter, with his father and John Firth, who had also 

 immigrated from Huddersfield district, and one or two others, 

 founded the Bradford Natural History Society, which was 

 subsequently amalgamated with the Bradford Microscopical 

 Society. John Carter, the father, was elected as President, 

 and the son as Secretary. Since the establishment of the 

 Society, J. W. Carter was one of its most zealous members, 

 was the dominating spirit throughout its existence, and he 

 rarely missed being present at the meetings. 



He was prospective President of the Society, an office he 

 has filled with distinction in previous years. 



Mr. Carter's chief interest throughout his career was in the 



various branches of Entomology, 

 Macro-Lepidoptera being his first 

 study. He quickly acquired an 

 expert knowledge, and was a keen 

 worker in the field. As early as 

 1(877 he was the means of adding 

 Stilhia anomala, found near Brad- 

 ford, to the county list, and he 

 supplied much information relat- 

 ing to Lepidoptera, in Vice Coun- 

 ties 63 and 64, to Mr. G. T. Porritt 

 when he was compiling the list 

 of Yorkshire Lepidoptera, pub- 

 lished in the Transactions of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 

 After becoming proficient in Lepi- 

 doptera, Carter turned his atten- 

 tion to Coleoptera, and was a 

 prominent member of the York- 

 shire Coleoptera Committee. He 

 added many species to the County 

 List, including Anchonieniis ver- 

 siitus, new to the north of England, and Lesteva lucfuosa, 

 new to England (only previously recorded from Eigg, in Scot- 

 land). The Naluralist since 1877 contains numerous articles 

 from his pen, on our Yorkshire Beetles, and the Bradford 

 Society is indebted to him for keeping their local list up to 

 date. Orthoptera and Ncuroptera (Odonata) in due course 

 received his attention. His record of insects in these orders 

 in Upper Airedale will bear ample testimony to his indefatig- 

 able industry, and to his conscientious regard for verified facts. 

 In order to become acquainted with the neglected or lesser 

 known orders of insects, Mr. Carter in his later years con- 

 centrated his attention chiefly on one particular order or group 

 during a season. During the past summer he was specially 

 interested in social species of Hyipenoptcra, and he busied 



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