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A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



DOBREE COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN NOCTU/E. 



Compiled by H. B. BROWNE, M.A., Assistant Master, Hymers College, Hull 



Price One Shillings Net. 



The Dobree Collection of European Noctuae was formed 

 by the late N. F. Dobree, of Beverley, during the years 

 1871-1888, and presented by him to the Hull Municipal 



Museum in 1903. It is contained in 43 drawers of a 

 specially-designed cabinet, containing altogether 51 

 drawers, and is referred to by Mr. G. T. Porritt in the 

 " In Memoriam " Notice of Mr. Dobree which appeared 

 in the February issue of the Naturalist," as " one of 

 the best in the Kingdom, and probably the best private 

 collection." 



In the Catalogue which has been prepared the data 

 given with regard to each specimen are the label-number, 

 the date and place of capture, and the collector's name. 

 In addition, each varietal and aberrational form is briefly 

 described, and references are given to corresponding 

 figures in Barrett's Lepidoptera ,' and the yearly 

 volumes of the " Entomologist." By this means it is 

 hoped to render this unique collection more widely 

 known, and more useful to students in other parts of the 

 country, as well as to those living in the remote corner 

 of Holderness. 



Orders should AT ONCE be sent to 



T. SHEPPARD, 



The Museum, HULL. 



