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energy, and the genera Tropiphorus, Procas, Pliytonomus, Pissodes, 

 Erirhinus and Anthonomus were published. In 1851 only one short 

 paper appeared, a revision of the genera Dorytomus and EUescus. 

 In 1852 his last paper on the family was published; it is intituled 

 " Descriptions of two new British Genera belonging to the family 

 Curculionidse." 



Thus we find that out of the eighty-eight genera of Ehyncophora 

 found in this country, Mr. Walton published a revision of twenty- 

 three, accompanied with his interesting and valuable observations. 

 In 1856 Mr. Walton presented a copy of his private synonymic list 

 to the British Museum for publication. 



In order to appreciate the value of Mr. Walton's labours on the 

 Curculionidse it is only necessary to compare the state of the genera 

 and species, as they appear in Stephens' ' Manual of British Coleop- 

 tera,' with the revised list. Those only who had the good fortune to 

 be intimately acquainted with Mr. Walton in his study, and also in 

 the field, can appreciate the enthusiastic ardour which he brought to 

 bear in the investigation of the difficult family he had selected for his 

 study. From earliest spring to the latest days of autumn, for several 

 years in succession, he devoted himself exclusively to the collection 

 of this family, whilst in the examination of a species he never rested 

 satisfied if he fancied the possibility of a doubt remained ; whatever 

 he did, he did thoroughly. A day in the fields with Mr. Walton 

 was one on which no one could fail to add largely to his own stock 

 of entomological knowledge ; as he was indefatigable in his labours 

 as a collector, he was equally liberal in the dispensation of informa- 

 tion as well as of specimens among his brother entomologists. He 

 ultimately deposited the most valuable portion of his collection in 

 the British Museum. He was for many years a Fellow of the Lin- 

 nean Society, an old member of the Entomological Club, and a life 

 member of this Society. By his brother contemporary entomologists 

 his memory will ever be held in cherished remembrance. He died 

 on the 3rd day of the present month at his native town, Knares- 

 borough, in Yorkshire. 



The British Museum. 



The Society will be glad to learn that large additions have been 

 made to the collections of the British Museum : 3272 specimens of 

 Coleoptera, 1179 of Lepidoptera, 512 of Hymenoptera, 317 of Homop- 

 tera and Hemiptera, 54 of Diptera, and 199 of Arachnida have been 

 added, making a total of 5633 specimens of insects added during the 



