Well known Lepidopterist. Published ‘The nuptial flight of Hylesinus fraxini Panz.’ In EMM., 71, 1935, p.259; ‘Carabus auratus L. in NE London’, ibid., 77, 1941, p.207; ‘Insects and spiders mistaken for the Colorado beetle’, ibid., 79, 1943, p.89; and ‘Buprestis aurulenta L. in England’, ibid., 83, 1947, p.3. He worked at the Plant Pathological Laboratory, Harpenden. There is an obituary by N.D.Riley in Ent., 92, 1959, 155-157 with portrait. (MD 10/02)
Dates
1877 – 1959