MEMOIR OF THOMAS BELT, F.G.S. 235 



Descriptions of l^ew Species of Erycinidae, from Chontales, 

 Mcaragua. Entom. Mon. Mag., YI., pp. 226-228. 



Descriptions of five !N'ew Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, 

 from Chontales, Mcaragua, and of one from Minas Geraes. 

 Entom. Mon. Mag., YII., pp. 3-6. 



Descriptions of Eour l^ew Species of Prenopliilae. Entom. 

 Mon. Mag. 1878. 



Eor the principal facts in the above memoir the writer is in- 

 debted to Mr. John Hancock, and for the list of Mr. Hewitson's 

 works to Mr. Joseph Wright, Keeper of the Museum, Kewcastle- 

 on-Tyne. 



XIY.— Short Memoir of the Life of Thomas Belt, F.G.S. By 

 Joseph Weight. ^ 



Died at Denver, Colorado, U.S. America, September 21st, 

 1878, Mr. Thomas Belt, F.G.S., aged 45. Such was the brief 

 announcement by telegram which appeared in the newspapers, 

 and told to his astonished friends in this district that he had 

 passed away from their midst. 



His attainments, and the high position he had won for him- 

 self in the scientific world, render it only fitting that some 

 record of his life and labours, should appear in the ' ' Trans- 

 actions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club," of which he 

 was a member for many years. 



Mr. Belt was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1832, where 

 his father carried on the business of seedsman and canvas and 

 twine manufacturer, in the Groat Market, and which is still 

 continued by his two surviving sons. 



He received his education at the school of the late Mr. John 

 Storey, one of the first Secretaries of our Club. 



He early evinced a taste for Natural History pursuits, the de- 

 partments of Botany and Entomology being his favourite studies. 

 In June, 1850, he became a member of the Club, and in the 

 Second Volume of the Transactions his name several times appears 



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