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be A. circellata)^ on Thorne Waste, July 9th, 1881 ; nor the glee with 

 which he confirmed our suspicion of " Basistrigalis,^' when we took to him 

 the first example secured at Edlington Wood, on August 4th, 1879. He 

 was, too, the first to bring to notice the variety angelicata of Eupithecia 

 albipunctata, and most of the examples of this form now in British 

 collections, were bred by him from Bishop's Wood larvae. Since the 

 discovery of Scoparia conspicualis, he had collected great numbers of that 

 insect, for immediately on seeing Mr. Hodgkinson's specimens, he 

 recognized it as a species he had been taking for years in Sandburn 

 Wood, York. During the last few years too, he had a great partiality 

 for varieties, and the beautiful and extraordinary forms of many species 

 he obtained, notably of Abraxas grossidariata and A. ulmata, Cidaria 

 russata and C. immanata, Acronycta ligustri and A. menyanthvHs, and 

 very many others, were the admiration (we had almost said envy), of all 

 who saw them. Mr. Prest' was a frequent and constant contributor to 

 entomological literature, and his notes and papers may be found almost 

 continuously from the days of the first volume of the " Entomologists 

 Weekly Intelligencer," in 1859, to the recent volumes of the Emtomo- 

 logist ", his last paper "On a form of the genus Zggcena,'' appearing in 

 the December, 1883, number of that journal. Twenty-four years ago, on 

 January 2nd, 1860, he was elected vice-president of the York Entomolo- 

 gical Society, and we believe, had been in office in that and the York and 

 District Field Naturalists' Society which followed it, almost continuously 

 since, acting as secretary to the latter ever since its commencement about 

 fifteen years ago, up to the present year. And on the formation of 

 sections in connection with the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, he was, on 

 December 2nd, 1876, appointed first president of that for Entomology, 

 an office which he held (though not continuously) for three years. — G.T.P. 



Joseph Wainweight, F.L.S., died somewhat suddenly of bronchitis, 

 accompanied by inflammation of the lungs, at his residence, Springfield 

 House, Outwood, Wakefield, on April 10th, aged 71- He was for many 

 years a prominent member of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and was 

 for some time, five or six years if Iwe remember rightly, down to 1876 

 inclusive, its president — prior to the change of name from the West- 

 Riding Consolidated Naturalists' Society. He took a warm and active 

 interest in the movement for the improvement of its methods and 

 procedure, which brought about its re-organization in 1877, and its 

 extension to the whole county under its present name. He has also 

 taken part in its proceedings ever since, and was present at the annual 

 meeting at Bariisley so recently as March 4th last. The Wakefield 

 Naturalists' Society was formed by invitation from Mr. Wainwright to 

 about a dozen gentlemen, who met at his office in George Street, on 

 April 21st, 1871. He was chosen first president of that Society, a position 

 which he held continuously up to the time of his death. Mr. Wain- 

 wright was a botanist, and was especially a lover of exotic and cultivated 

 flowers. During the summer months he frequently threw open his 



