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pupa, and here his life might have ended, for in his anxiety to get to the 

 lower plants he fell backwards into the water, but this did not prevent a 

 successful day. AgoMina was taken on Rosley Moor, and Nicholas gave it 

 no rest until it was no longer scarce. Perhaps the greatest excitement among 

 this band of workers was when A. Ashworthii was re-discovered at Llanverras. 

 Mr. Ashworth being dead, his locality was unknown to us, and when Nicho- 

 las Cooke was shown the ridge of rock it was found upon, he started at 

 6 a.m. to search for it, and worked twelve hours for it without a break, 

 proving the most successful among us that day ; taking also the first A, 

 lucernea known to have occurred in Wales. His next discovery was Shrankia 

 hurrridalk, H.D. {Eilernicas, Weaver), the Turfosalis of Wock. This he 

 found in the Dog Kennel Wood at Delemere, and was then supposed to be new 

 to Science. One of his most beautiful and interesting additions to our list was 

 Rhodaria sanguinulis, discovered flying one June morning at 5 a.m. (who 

 goes collecting so early now-a-days.) In Scoparid^e, he was fortunate in 

 taking in Scotland, at various times, Gracilalis, H.D. and Aljrina, Dale. In 

 Cuambite3, he took Ericellus and furcatellus repeatedly. In Tokteioes, 

 we owe to him and his brother the beautiful little Peronea comparand 

 (potentillana, Cooke), the distinct 0. permutana, which is confined in 

 this country to the Cheshire side of the Mersey. Another of his interest- 

 ing Tortrices was Serieoris Daleana, H.D. (Alternana Steph.) In Tinea he 

 did not do much, but his discovery of E. SteinJcellneriella on mountain ash, 

 and the cases of Pseudo-bombi/cella on heath and on fir trees at Delamere and 

 of X. argentimacuetta on lichens in Weaverham lane, gave an impetus to 

 other workers that has had lasting effect. His discovery also of Tinea mer- 

 della in wool warehouses, set others working to same purpose in produce 

 warehouses. Again his capture of a plume among wild sage set others to 

 give attention to these plants. Mr. Cooke's capture eventually proved new 

 to science, P. Britaniodactylus, Gregson [Teucrii, Jordan.) 



Mr. Cooke was twice President of the Northern Entomological Society, the 

 last time in 1882. He was for several years Yice-president of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. His collections were very large. 

 His European Butterflies were contained in 40 drawers. His grand collec- 

 tion of British Lepidoptera were contained in a cabinet seven feet square ! 

 He has bequeathed these to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool 

 for the free public museum. Some idea of the value of this bequest may be 

 formed when we say it contains full sets of the extinct large Copper C. Dispar. 

 A full row of S. Scoliceformis (chiefly bred by the writer.) A full series 

 of A. Ashicorthii, bred ; of Exulis ; of Nigrocincta, true Manx bred specimens. 

 But more perhaps may be said of it after it reaches its destination. It con- 



