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E. T. Atkinson, Accountant General of Bengal, and President of the Board of 

 Trustees of the Indian Museum, died at Calcutta on Sept. 15th, after a short illness 

 from Bright's disease. He was born at Tipperarj on Sept. 6th, 1840, and passed 

 into the Indian Civil Service in 1862. He held many important official appoint- 

 ments in India, amongst others that, for a time, of Financial Secretary to the Indian 

 Government. Between 1874 and 1879 he published a Gazetteer of the North- 

 Western Provinces of India, and was also the author of works on Indian Law and 

 kindred subjects. As an entomologist he published two series of papers on' Indian 

 Rht/nchotn from 1885 to 1890, in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and 

 a series of Catalogues of the insects of the Oriental Region. One of his latest 

 works was a bulky Catalogue of the Capsidm of the world. Furthermore, he started 

 the " Indian Mu-^eum Notes," dealing largely with Indian Economic Entomology, 

 which he was doing his best to reduce to something like order by collecting informa- 

 tion from native and other sources, naturally often very crude, but of the greatest 

 use for future working out. It is most unfortunate for this latter department in 

 particular, and for Indian entomology in general, that he has been cut off just as he 

 had accumulated the knowledge of what was required, and liad commenced to place 

 that knowledge to public advantage, and with remarkable energy. This energy of 

 cliaracter asserted itself in all his official duties, and his private virtues endeared 

 him to all with whom he came in contact. Had space permitted we would have 

 given a detailed list of his entomological works ; but think enough has been said in 

 this condensed notice to show that a career eminently useful in the past, and pro- 

 mising more for the future, has been prematurely ended. We have to thank Col. 

 Swinhoe for several particulars concerning his deceased relative. 



BiBMixGHAM Entomological Society : October 20th, 1890. — Mr. W. G. 

 Blatch, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. E. J. Nurse, 45, Francis Road, Ladywood, was elected a Member of 

 the Society. 



Mr. R. C. Bradley showed Semasia Wwberana from his garden at Moseley. 

 Messrs. P. W. Abbott and C. J. Wainwright showed collections of insects taken at 

 Porlock, Somersetshire, this year. Mr. W. G. Blatch showed a fine series of 

 Aetophorus imperialis from Colchester; he also submitted a complete list of the 

 Coleoptera taken at Church Stretton during a recent visit : the list included 125 

 species, represented by 610 specimens. A long discussion followed on the season, 

 in which Messrs. W. G. Blatch, G. T. Baker, and C. J. Wainwright joined. The 

 general opinion was that it had been a very bad one for insects. 



November 3rd, 1890. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. P. W. Abbott showed Oortyna ochracea and Nonagria arundinis from 

 Sutton ; these had been very greasy, but had been quite cleaned by immersion in 

 benzine ; Mr. Blatch said that he had quite removed the grease from a beetle by 

 immersion in petroline. Mr. A. Johnson showed Poecilocampa populi from Sutton, 

 a propos of whicli Mr. Thornewill said that he had known larvse of this species come 



