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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [January 



producing a race of this insect differing considerably from the type. 

 Nor need it be wondered at that he is able to show a drawer-ful every 

 year, when we consider how large a number he rears annually. There 

 was also a marked difference in the number of imagines produced 

 from the two sets of larvae, the smaller number produced from Mr. 

 Gregson's being probably the result of long inter-breeding. — John. E. 

 RoBsoN, Hartlepool. 



NATURALISTS OF THE DAY. 



I.— THE RT. HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, 



M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., ETC. 



' With this number is commenced a series of Portraits of 

 "Naturahsts of the Day." 



The desire to become acquainted with the form and features of 

 those we know by name and reputation has been greatly stimulated 

 during the last half-century, by the introduction of Photography and 

 the many methods of engraving, colour printing, &c., that have been 

 discovered during that time. With a view to make the readers of the 

 "British Naturalist" familiar with the appearance of those whose 

 names they constantly meet with in their studies, this series has been 

 projected. It is intended to contain portraits of those working natural- 

 ists whose names so often appear in the Magazines of the day, as well 

 as of those whose knowledge has been communicated to us by their 

 writings. The notices accompanying the portraits will, of necessity, 

 be very brief, and are not intended for Biographies, which would not 

 be appropriate during the lifetime of the individuals. It is hoped, in 

 a few cases, that similar portraits may be given of those who have 

 recently left our ranks, and who would have been included in the 

 series, had they lived. 



Thomas de Grey, sixth Baron Walsingham, was born in the 

 year 1843. He sat in Parliament, as Member for the Western divi- 

 sion of the county of Norfolk, from 1865 admission to the 

 Peerage, on the death of his father in 1870. He has been a keen 

 naturalist and sportsman all his life, played in the Eton and Cam- 

 bridge elevens at Lord's, has shot twice in the Lords v. Commons 

 match at Wimbledon, and has been noted for the big grouse bags he 

 has made. On one occasion in August, 1872, 842 birds fell to 

 his gun in one day, and on another occasion in August, 1888, the 



