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dent. He left London on his appointment as Manager of the agency of Molsons Bank 

 at Millbrook. Here living in the country he devoted most of his leisure time to the col- 

 lection and study of insects, applying; himself especially to the Lepidoptera. In 1880 he 

 left the bank and was appointed aide-de camp and private secretary to the Hon. John 

 Beverley Robinson during his term of office as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Being 

 fond 01 society, of handsome presence and devoted to music, he became a great favourite 

 among the social circles of Toronto, among whom much of his time was accordingly 

 spent. He did not, however, abandon the pursuit of Entomology, but succeeded by cor- 

 respondence and exchange, in addition to the captures of his own net, in forming a large 

 and valuable collection of butterflies from all parts of the world. This he subsequently 

 sold to the Dominion Government and it now forms the nucleus of the collection in the 

 Geological Museum at Ottawa. He made expeditions in 1883 and 1884 to Manitoba 

 and the Northwest Territories as far as the Rocky Mountains in quest of butterflies 

 and added much to the knowledge of their geographical distribution and habits. On 

 several occasions he visited England, and spent some time in Germany, and also in 

 Bermuda. Wherever he went he made the acquaintance of the leading Entomologists 

 and added to his stock of knowledge. 



His first contribution to the Canadian Entomologist was in 1874, when he wrote No. 

 14 of a series of articles on " Some Common Insects " — " The Common Cockchafer," C. E. 

 vol. vi. p. 67. His subsequent papers were the following : " List of Diurnal Lepidoptera 

 collected in the Northwest Territories and the Rocky Mountains in 1883," 0. E. xv., 

 221 ; xvi., 56, 224; xvil, 120 ; one hundred and twenty six species were enumerated. 



" Euptoieta Claudia," 0. F. xvii., 60 (1885). 



* l Notes on three small collections of Diurnal Lepidoptera made in 1886." (These 

 were made in Newfoundland, the Kamanistiquia River, Lake Superior, and Hudson 

 Straits.)] ^C. E. xviii., 204. 



" Some notes on the genera Colias and Argynnis whilst alive in the imago state," 

 C. E. xix., 166 and 230 (1887). 



" Notes for collectors 'visiting the Prairies and Rocky Mountains," C. E. xxi., 57 

 (1889). 



« Colias Chione," C. E. xxi, 59. 



He also contributed the following articles to the Annual Reports of the Society : — 



"Some remarkable captures in Ontario," 18th Report, 1877, p. 21. 



" On some of the collections in England and the German Empire," 22nd Report, 

 1891, p. 31. 



" Insects collected in Bermuda during the winter of 1894," 25th Report, 1894, p. 25. 



In addition to his love for Entomology, he took a great interest in philatelies, and 

 formed a large and valuable colleotion of postage stamps. He was an accomplished 

 musician and usually sang in the choir of the church that he attended ; he was also a 

 member of the Philharmonic Society of Toronto. He belonged to the Masonic Order, in 

 politics was a strong Conservative, and in religion a member of the Church of England. 

 His wife, who was a daughter of the late Edward C. Jones, of Toronto, died a little more 

 than a yeai ago. The untimely death of Captain Geddes was no doubt hastened by her 

 loss. They have left two little orphan girls, aged three and five years respectively. 



The writer, who knew him intimately from his boyhood, deeply deplores his loss, and 

 his <mef is shared in by a very large circle of relatives and friends. 



0. J. S. B. 



Miss G. E. Ormerod. 



It is with deep regret that we record the death of Miss Georgiana Elizabeth Ormerod, 

 of Torrin^ton House, St. Alban's England, the elder sister of Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, 

 whose name as a distinguished Entomologist is known throughout the scientific world. 

 After several months' of patiently borne illness, she passed away on the 19th of August 



