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HULL'S CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE. 



T. SHEPPARD, F.G.S.. 



Secretary of ihe i'orkshire JVafuralists' Ittion \ Curator of 

 the Municipal Mitseiim Hull. 



(Continued from 'The Naturalist.' July 1903, p. 240.) 



Georg-e Norman, who died in 1882, belongs to another 

 gfeneration of naturahsts, but was one of a hard-workingf party 

 who flourished in Hull a generation ago. He spent a great 

 deal of his time in his favourite pursuit, entomology ; though he 

 was much interested in botany (including the Diatomaceae) and 

 other branches of natural history, and accomplished some sound 

 work in connection therewith. He spent part of his life in 

 business as a merchant, together with his brother, Mr. T. A. 

 Norman, in Wilberforce House, High Street ; but he preferred 

 the country and the study of Nature to crowded thoroughfares 

 and business anxieties. And who would not? So being in 

 comfortable circumstances Norman was able to follow his own 

 inclinations. 



In this neighbourhood George Norman collected butterflies 

 and moths, though his most valuable results in this direction 

 were achieved elsewhere. He had certain books, which were 

 his 'working' books, and it is from his numerous notes and 

 records on their pages that we are able to form some idea of 

 what he accomplished.'"^ 



It was in Scotland and Canada that Norman accomplished 

 his most valuable entomolog'ical work ; and as the places he 

 visited were almost new ground at that time, he obtained quite 

 a large number of rare and interesting specimens, several of 

 which were new records for the localities, and in many instances 

 new to science. Some of these were named after him ; for 

 example, amongst the Canadian specimens we find Perigrapha 

 Xormani, Agrotis Normaniana , Xoctua Nonnaninna , Lithoph(ine 

 Georgii, and Crocigrapha Normxmi. 



Norman's best entomological specimens are now preserved 

 at the British Museum. 



'"^ A cop\' of Stainton's ' Manual of British Butterflies and Cloths ' is a fair 

 example of the style of Norman's work. Xot only are there notes, .addi- 

 tional localities, etc., on almost every pag-e, but he has taken photographs 

 (natural size) of a larg'e proportion iif the moths described therein, and 

 pasted them in the marg-in of the book. In some cases there are four or 

 five such photographs on one pagfe. 

 1903 Augfusl I. 



