Notes and Queries. 



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OBITUARY. — William Buckler. — Lepidopterists throughout the 

 country will have heard with intense grief of the sudden death of Mr. 

 William Buckler, of Lumley House, Emsworth. The warmth and 

 enthusiasm of his correspondence endeared him to every one with whom 

 he had such an acquaintance, and the formation of a friendship made with 

 him in this way was, we suppose, claimed with pride by almost every 

 lepidopterist in Britain who had spent a few years in earnest study of the 

 life histories of this group of the British insects. For twenty-five years 

 Mr. Buckler devoted his energies to the delineation of the larvae of our 

 British lepidoptera, and not only with his beautiful figures, but in his 

 lucid and careful descriptions (which are so well known to every reader 

 of the " Entomologists' Monthly Magazine he had no rival. Our own 

 correspondence with him commenced early in 1868, and we have just been 

 looking over the mass of information about larvse contained in the letters 

 received from him after that date. Truly he died in harness," for the 

 first paper; extending to nearly seven pages, in the current number of the 

 ''Ento. Mo. Mag." (February, 1884), on ''The Natural History of 

 Aglossa pinquinalis,'' is written by him under date "January 2nd, 1884." 

 A week later, on January 9th, he had passed away, from an attack of 

 bronchitis, at the age of 69. It is reported his figures of larvae will 

 probably be published by the Ray Society, and that Society we are sure 

 could not be engaged on better work. — G, T. P. 



Ilatnfall far Januam. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 

 above 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 

 of 



Total Fall 

 TO Date. 



Date of 

 heaviest 



Amount 

 of 



iieaviest 

 Fall. 





Days 







Fall. 





sea 

 level. 







1884. 



1883. 





HUDDEKSFIELD (Dalton) ... 



(J. W. Eobson) 



Ft. 



350 



In. 



5-75 



21 



2-93 



*33-74 



22 



1-26 



Leeds ... (Alfred Denny)... 



183 



4-04 



18 



4-04 



1-86 t 



23 



0-70 



HORsrOETH ... (James Fox) 



350 



3-77 



19 



3-77 



2-46 t 



22 



0-92 



Halifax...(F. G. S. Rawson) 



365 



8-72 



24 



8-72 



8-40 



22 



1-80 



Baknslet ... (Dr. Sadler)... 



3.50 



3-68 



18 



3-68 



3-37 



23 



0-82 



Ingbirch WORTH (Mr. Taylor) 



853 



7-32 



21 



7-32 



6-55 



22 



1-60 



Wentwoeth Castle (Mr. 



Fisher) 



520 



4-29 



17 



4 29 



4-69 



23 



0-85 



Goole (J. Harrison)... 



25 



3-60 



18 



3-60 



2-12 



23 



0-78 



Hull (Derringham) (Wm. 



Lawton) 



10 



2.82 



14 



2-82 



1-51 § 



23 



0-69 



ScARBORO' (A. Rowntree)... 



130 



2-99 



17 



1-16 II 





23 



0-56 



Thirsk...(W. Gregson) 



100 



4-42 



17 



4-42 





3 



0-89 



* Average to date for 17 years, 1866-82. 

 t Average of 30 years, 1853-62, & 1865-84. t Average of 15 years, 1870-84, 

 § Average of 34 years, 1850-83. It Average of 18 years. 



