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OBITUARY. 



with the Macro-lepidoptera, using as a basis Ansted's not very 

 reliable earlier attempt to record the fauna of Guernsey. He 

 ended on December 15, 1909. In cases admitting of doubt, 

 he was particular to submit his insects to the critical inspec- 

 tion of specialists in England. This brief list of his principal 

 contributions to the " Transactions of the Natural Science 

 Society" will best show the wide field of his investigations. 



1882—" The Butterflies of Guernsey and Sark ; " "A List 

 of the Nocturnal Macros of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and 

 Herm;" 1890 and 1892 — " The Hemiptera - Heteroptera of 

 Guernsey ; " 1891 — " A List of the Neuroptera of Guernsey ; " 

 1895— "Diptera ;" 1896— " The Orthoptera ; " 1897-1900— 

 " Three Papers and Lists of the Insects of Alderney ; " 1902 — 

 " The Cicadse ; " 1903—" The Coleoptera ; " 1904—" The Acu- 

 leate Hymenoptera ; " " The Coccidae of Guernsey," " The 

 Insects of Herm and Jethou ; " 1906 — " The Insects of Sark ; " 

 1908—" The Insects of Jersey." 



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