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the ' Micro-lepidoptera,' the part which, owing to the death of 

 Mr. Robson before its completion, he completed and saw 

 through the press. 



I first met Mr. Gardner at a Yorkshire Naturalists' Union 

 meeting, at Kildale, in July 1890, when acting as leader of the 

 entomologists at that meeting, and he was the ' party.' 

 From that time he has been my friend and entomological 

 guide, and never a season passed from that time until his death 

 without my making one or more visits, either to collect with 

 him or have my undetermined and doubtful captures identi- 

 fied by comparing them with the specimens in his extensive 

 collection and with his able and willing assistance. He 

 presented his collections of British Lepidoptera and Coleoptera 

 to the Hancock Museum at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and they were 

 removed to that institution shortly before his death. They 

 should prove invaluable to students in the future, and will 

 provide a most fitting tribute to the great work he did in 

 furthering the knowledge of these groups. 



He was laid to rest in the churchyard adjoining the ancient 

 church of Hart, on July 23rd, 1921. He leaves a widow to 

 mourn his loss, which is shared by many who were his intimate 

 friends, and to whom our deepest sympathy is extended. — 



T. A. LOFTHOUSE. 



Diotis maritima in Scilly Isles, — Mr. W. B. Haley's 

 record of the above species as occurring ' in the north-east 

 coast of St. Martin's, Diotis maritima in abundance ' [The 

 Naturalist, IQ21, p. 328), restores it to the Cornish Flora ; 

 the last specimen was gathered in 1881 on Pra Sands, by 

 Messrs. Ralfs and Marquand. Before that it was not known 

 to have occurred for a century. Spiranthes autnmnalis was 

 recorded by Townsend in his ' List of Scilly species ' in The 

 Journal of Botany for 1864. It is a fairly common plant in 

 Cornwall. — A. Bennett. 



R. S. Bagnall and J. W. H. Harrison describe 'New British 

 Cecidomyidae ' in The Entomologist's Record for October. 



Among the contents of The South Eastern Naturalist for 1920, we 

 notice ' Modern Advances in Anthropology and Economics ' (the Presi- 

 dential Address by Sir Edward Brabrook) ; ' The Glaciation of the 

 South Downs,' by Edward A. Martin ; ' First steps in a Local Survey,' 

 by C. C. Fagg ; ' Migration of Lepidoptera as regards the British Islands,' 

 b}- Robert Adkin, and ' The Eastward Extension of the Lusitanian 

 Florula,' by Prof. G. S. Boulger. There is also a lengthy report of the 

 Eastbourne Congress. Mr. Martin's paper has already been dealt with 

 in these pages (July, 1920, pp. 217-218 and Sept, 1921, p. 319). The 

 Society appeals for funds to carry on its magazine ; proper and severe 

 editing would make such an appeal unnecessary. 



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