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of relaxation and amusement contribute to an Encyclopedia 

 or compile a text-book. It has been well said of him that 

 in the days when he was fully employed, he was doing two 

 men's work as a profession, and compassing that of a third 

 simply for recreation. 



Major F. J. Sidney Parry, F.L.S. Born October, 1810. 

 Died February ist, 1885, aged 74. 



Major Parry was a Coleopterist. His collection of Lucanidce, 

 comprising species from all parts of the world, was almost 

 complete. He was elected a member of the Entomological 

 Society of London in 1840, and was one of its oldest Members. 



NICHOLAS COOKE was born at Liverpool, January 18 18, and 

 died May 19th, 1885- The loss of this energetic lepidop- 

 terist will be greatly felt by the Lancashire and Cheshire 

 Entomologists, whose Society he, in conjunction with Mr. 

 Capper and other friends, founded, and of which he was one 

 of the vice-presidents. His collection of British Lepidoptera, 

 probably one of the largest in England, was bequeathed, 

 together with his almost complete one of European Butter- 

 flies, to the Corporation of Liverpool. 



Mr. Cooke not only industriously worked his own district, 

 but for many years past he collected annually in the High- 

 lands of Scotland. He added Nyssia zonaria and some other 

 species to the British Fauna, and was especially successful 

 in the capture of rare and local species, such as Sesia scolii- 

 jormis and Crymcdes exults, 



JOSEPH Siuebotham, F.L.S. , born near Hyde. Died at 

 Bowdon, Cheshire, May 30th, I885> a g ecl 62. 



Mr. Sidebotham was a thorough naturalist and a student 

 in many other branches of science. He was perhaps more 

 generally known as a Botanist and Entomologist. The 

 Cheshire scientific Societies have lost in him one of their 

 most ardent supporters. 



Sidney Smith of Walmer died on the 28th of December, 

 Ig84> in the 78th year of his age. 



Mr. Smith was probably known to those of our entomo- 

 logical members who have worked much around and about 

 St. Margaret's Bay. His collection of British Lepidoptera 

 contained many interesting varieties of certain species, among 



