OBITUARY. 99 



Ashdown exhibited Neuroptera given him by the late Mr. C. A. Briggs, 

 including Perla luaxhna, P. csphaloten, Chlorojieiia (p-avi>iiatica, Nenioura 

 varietjata, b;ojiterijx triiniiictata, etc., and presented them to the 

 Society's cabinets. He also showed the various species of the 

 Coleoptera taken by him in Surrey in 1918. 



Eastboukne Tortricks. — -Mr. E. Adkin, various species of the 

 Tortrices bred from larvfe feeding on ivy along the parades at 

 Eastbourne, T. forsterana, T. podana, and T. pronnhana. 



Aberration of T. bistortata. — Mr. R. Bowman, Tephronia 

 bistortata with dark suffused marginal area. 



' B. PERLA. — Mr, Barnett, a very variable series of Bryophila perla 

 from Warrington. 



Stereoscopic Slides. — Mr. Dennis, stereoscopic slides of the 

 fruiting of Spiraea nlmaria, and of Heleocharis paliistris. 



Aberration in D. paphia.— Mr. B. W. Adkin, Dryas paphia showing 

 aberration in coloration, marking, size, and shape of wing. 



A RARE Coleopteron. — -Mr. W. West, the rare Coleopteron 

 Ainarochara honnairi from Box Hill, not taken since 1863 by 

 Dr. Power. 



Exhibit of C. trochylus, and of varieties of H. crinanensis. — 

 Mr. H. J. Turner, a long series of the Lycfenid Chilades trochylua from 

 Cyprus, the smallest species of Rhopalocera ; also a series of Hydroecia 

 cri7ianemis from Ireland, with several of the named forms sent him by 

 Mr. Greer. 



Dwarf races of A. coridon. — Mr. A. A. W. Backstone, several 

 series of Agriades coridon, and contributed a note on the dwarf local 

 race taken on the N. Downs during the past two years. 



The Season. — Several members gave notes on the season. Hihernia 

 defoliaria had been seen as early as September 23rd in Surrey. 



(DBITUARY. 



Frederick Du Cane Godmao, D.C.L., F.R.S., etc. 



We cannot allow the passing from our midst of Frederick Du Cane 

 Godman without any notice whatever, though there is little to be added 

 to the many accounts of him that have already appeared in the daily 

 press and various scientific periodicals. It was in the late " eighties " 

 that the writer first made his acquaintance, when he went up to 

 London to consult Osbert Salvin on the best method of mounting 

 genitalia, for though one or two of us took up this line of investigation 

 independently, and have perhaps become experts, yet it was Godman 

 and Salvin who were the first to undertake this study in a really 

 systematic way, and the writer will always be grateful to both (and 

 particularly to Salvin) for the kindly interest and ungrudging help 

 they gave to a young beginner. 



It is unnecessary to reiterate the early details of his life, already 

 well related in each of our contemporaries ; although failing in health 

 he retained his keen interest in natural science up to fhe last. Se was 

 one of the original founders of the British Ornithological Union, and 

 it is of interest to remember that its quarterly journal, the Ibis, is now 

 in its sixtieth year of publication, he was President of that Union for 

 very many years, if not at the time of his death. 



