122 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Sir William Gilbert (of Gilbert and Sullivan Opera fame), and 

 M. Charles Oberthiir, the greatest of French entomologists. During 

 the war, as he was too old to join up, he gave voluntary assistance 

 for a time as secretary to the Royal Patriotic Fund. Later he was 

 appointed a Commissioner for Civil Liabilities, holding the largest 

 single-handed district, Wandsworth and Battersea ; as before 

 intimated, this work, which was very arduous, overtaxed his con- 

 stitution, and hastened his end. 



Rowland-Brown was a Nature-lover and entomologist from 

 his childhood; his great love was the Rhopalocera. The writer, 

 who knew him intimately for many years, recollects the joy with 

 which he spoke of chasing Colias edusa with his sister when 

 they were young children. One of his last letters (dictated) to 

 the Editor of this magazine recounts that he commenced to 

 take it in when he was twelve years of age, and that he had con- 

 tinued to do so ever since. The last book he read was the 

 ' Entomologist.' Readers will not need to be told that for years 

 he has been its most prolific contributor, and that much of his 

 most important work, with accounts of the many excursions he 

 made in search of butterflies to various parts of Continental 

 Europe, are to be found in its pages. His special study was the 

 Diurni of France, with which he undoubtedly possessed a 

 greater acquaintance than any other Englishman. He intended 

 at one time to bring out a book on this subject, but the war put 

 an end to the project, as well as to a revised edition of Kane's 

 classic, 'European Butterflies,' at a period when they were well 

 advanced. A number of his papers are included in M. Oberthiir's 

 beautiful publications, including ' Nature Study and the War,' 

 which had appeared previously in the Times, and a monograph 

 on the British races of Coenonympha tiphon. The latter paper, 

 beautifully illustrated by Culot, and by a series of photographs, 

 was thoroughly worked out, and is, in the opinion of the writer, 

 one of the best papers on any British Lepidopteron. His last 

 contribution to entomology, which appeared in this magazine, 

 was a very exhaustive one on the forms of a very favourite 

 species — Colias croceus (edusa). 



The subject of this notice was essentially a lover of all Nature, 

 and especially of what he used to style his " beloved butterflies." 

 The writer's last visit was paid to him in October last ; he had 

 been able to get down to the library, amongst his cabinets, after 

 months of pain and sickness. It was touching to see the glee 

 with which he showed and discussed certain of his treasures. 



It is understood that his collections, including those of the 

 Rev. F. E. Lowe, recently bequeathed to him, and his ento- 

 mological library will be given at his request to the London 

 Entomological Society with remainder to the Hope Museum, 

 Oxford. The latter has previously received a fine microscope 

 left him by Sir W. S. Gilbert. 



