Published a number of articles on Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera, and four on Coleoptera: 'Coleoptera at Shere', Ent., 15, 1882, 212-213; ibid, 17, 1884, 221-223; 'Euplectus kunzei Aube', ibid, 19, 1886, 69; and 'Pseudopsis sulcatus Newm.', ibid.. Hancock & Pettit (1981) note that there is a collection of Hymenoptera in Bolton Museum with associated mss material, which was acquired as part of the P.B. Mason collection. They also note that 'Dr Capron's collection was acquired originally by Edward Saunders'. (MD 1/O2)