Published an article entitled 'Glow worm' in Sci. Gossip, 5, 1870, 71. Is this perhaps the same E. Banks who is listed in the Ent.Ann. 1857 as 'at Mr Stubbs 1, Sadler Street, Durham’? (MD 9/01)

Primarily known as a Lepidopterist but did publish 'Abundance of Cetonia aurata in 1895' in Ent.mon.Mag., 32, 1896, 40-41, and 'Early appearance of Cicindela campestris' in ibid, 35, 1899, 93. Bankes was an active and successful field worker until about 1909 when he became ill.

Born in Warwick the eldest son of Joseph Baly. His brother was Price Richard Baly, the engineer. Educated at the Grammar school in Warwick and subsequently at St. George's Hospital, London and the infirmary at Shrewsbury. After graduating as a Doctor of Medicine he moved to Paris before returning to England, first in Leamington and then in London where he 'secured a very large practice and formed the friendship of many scientific men of the day, including the chiefs at the British Museum'.

 Born in 1874 the son of a distinguished Barrister, and from an early age showed a keen interest in natural history. Educated at St. Paul's School, London where he won a prize for a collection of beetles taken in the school playground. Went to Magdalen College, Oxford where he read Natural Science taking his B.A. degree in Botany in 1896 and was awarded a half blue for cycling. After graduating he decided that the Law might be a suitable career and after qualifying he was called to the Bar in 1898.

Born in Larne, Northern Ireland, the son of William Alexander Francis Balfour-Browne the well known Coleopterist. Educated at Rugby School, and at Oxford (1925-1927) and Cambridge (1928-1931) Universities. Immediately after leaving Cambridge served as an economic entomologist to the Junta Geral, Madeira. In 1934 took up a post at the NHM where he worked in the Entomology Department, becoming Head of the Coleoptera Section, until his retirement in 1967.

Stephens (1828-1831), 1,13, mentions that a Reverend S. Bale caught a specimen of Cicindela which was in the collection of A.H. Haworth. Other mentions by the same author give his initial as J. (MD 9/01)

Published an 'Account of insects injurious to Forest Trees, especially the larch and pine’ in Prize Essays and Transactions. Highland Society., (n.s.) 8, 1843, 114-125. (MD 9/01)

Worked in the wool trade at Nottingham before moving to Australia where he lived for many years and built up a large collection of insects. Returned to England where he continued to collect.

Collections of insects, mainly Coleoptera, made in the New Hebrides and adjacent groups were given by Baker and the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund to the HDO in 1923 and 1927. Identifications for the 1923 collection exist in the archives (Smith, 1986). (MD 9/01)