56 



The Naturalist. 



this supplement, as in the five years that have elapsed since 1878, no less 

 than 1500 species in the various orders have been added as new to the 

 district investigated. More than half of the whole list is devoted to the 

 various orders, comprising the insecta ; then follow the birds ; additions 

 to the various orders of plants, including hepaticae, lichens, fungi, fresh- 

 water algae, &c. An addition to the former little work, is an entirely 

 new list of the coleoptera, and the insects altogether number the grand 

 total of 3513, made up as follows : — 



Coleoptera 1271 



Lepidoptera . . . ... ... ... ... ... 1012 



Hymenoptera : — 



Terebrantia 



Ichneumonidge 



Fossores, &c. ... 



Cynipidse 



Anthophila, &c. 

 Hemiptera : — 



Heteroptera . . . 



H omoptera 

 Diptera 

 Neuroptera ... 

 Trichoptera ... 

 Other insects 



3513 



87 

 212 

 77 

 13 

 123 



512 



238 

 102 



341 



285 

 48 

 23 

 21 



Special care has been taken to submit doubtful species for determination 

 to the leading specialists in the various groups, thus thoroughly avoiding 

 the too common fault of incorrect nomenclature by incompetent compilers, 

 and which invariably renders such lists, to a great extent, useless for 

 scientific purposes. We congratulate the Society most heartily on its 

 work. 



OBITCJARY. — Henry Harpue, Crewe. — We deeply regret to have to 

 announce the death of the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, M.A., which event 

 took place on September 7th, at the Rectory at Drayton Beauchamp, 

 Tring, at the comparatively early age of 54. Mr. Crewe's reputation as a 

 lejpidopterist will be as lasting as it was extensive, for his knowledge of 

 the British species of the large genus Eupithecia was unrivalled in Britain 

 or elsewhere. For many years this genus was his favourite and especial 

 study, and the minutest details in the careful descriptions of the larvae 

 of almost every species have been read with delight by all who take 

 interest in the group. I believe too, that almost the last (perhaps the 

 last) specimens of Noctua suhrosea taken in Britain were captured by Mr. 

 Crewe. In a letter I have from him, dated from Drayton Beauchamp 

 Rectory, January 27th, 1872, he writes : "Do you know of anyone who 



