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but he had probably no time to do more than what he did. His 

 breeding experiments with the lepidoptera were carried out on a 

 very large scale, and he will be remembered in connection with 

 these by the large exhibits he made from time to time in conjunction 

 with Mr. Main, of Pterin napi, Aplecta nebnlosa, and Amplddnsis 

 betidatia. Mr. Harrison had acquired a very line library of 

 entomological works, and was well conversant with their contents. 

 There were few, if any, aspects of British entomology that he 

 could not discuss, and even illuminate. Quite lately he had 

 turned his attention to the continental butterflies, but before he 

 had had time to do much with them he was cut off from among 

 us. We shall all miss his kindly personality, and his strong 

 support for this Society. 



George Henry Verrall was in his 64th year when he died at 

 Newmarket on September 16th. Although he had been a member 

 of this Society for 24 years, we were not often favoured with his 

 attendance. We were all the same proud to have so distinguished 

 a dipterist as a member, for he was known to everybody as the 

 authority on British flies. The lasting memorial that he has left 

 to Entomological Science is his work " British Flies," of which two 

 volumes had been published, and a great deal more manuscript was 

 in preparation for further volumes, but, unfortunately, he was 

 never destined to issue it in book form. Many new species were 

 made known to Science through his labours. He was one of the 

 oldest members of the Entomological Society of London, having 

 joined in 1866, and in 1899-1900 he filled the office of 

 President. Naturalists in general will have reason to be grateful 

 to the late Mr. Verrall for the enthusiastic manner in which he 

 worked to preserve Wicken Fen. He generously purchased portions 

 of the fen, whenever there were pieces on offer, and handed them 

 over to the National Trust, so that for all time those interested in 

 the peculiar fen fauna and flora, might have an opportunity of 

 studying and enjoying it. 



Samuel Hubbard Scudder died on May 17th at the age of 74. 

 He was one of America's most distinguished entomologists, and 

 was known the world over. Perhaps his greatest legacy to Science 

 is "The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada," 

 published in 1888-9, but his name will also be handed down to 

 posterity by his writings on fossil insects, chief amongst which is 

 the work " The Fossil Insects of North America," published in 

 1890, with two supplementary works in the following year entitled 

 ^' A Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Fossil Insects " and 



