DOUBLEDAY, EDWARD, a naturalist of eminence, was born in 1810, and died in London in 1849. The family of Doubleday are honourably distinguished for their devotion to natural history pursuits, and the subject of this notice early distinguished himself by his con tributions to the literature of Ornithology and Entomology. His Gat papas were devoted to the subject of entomology, of which many were published in the volumes of the 'Entomological Maga zine.' In the early part of his life he made a tour through the United States of America, and made many important observations on the animals of that country. These he published in a paper On the Nation' Ilirtory of America,' In the fifth volume of the 'Entomological Magazine: On his return from America he was appointed one of the curators of the British Measure. The large collections in this iusti troth:on afforded him abundant materials for increasing his knowledge and developing his views of the structure of insect& The results he made known in a variety of papers, but more especially In his work ' On the'genera of Diurnal Lepicloptera: This work which was pub lished In parts and left unfinished at the author's death, consisted of descriptions, with coloured illustrations of great beauty and accuracy by Mr. Hewitson, of all the genera of butterflies. This family of
insects was studied by Mr. Doubleday with the greatest industry, and his contributions to our knowledge of their forms are the most valuable of his labours. lie devoted also considerable attention to ornithology, and assisted his brother Henry In publishing a work on this subject Ile also contributed a paper ' On the Occurrence of Alligators In East Florida,' to the 'Zoologist' A list of his papers will be found In the second 'ohmic! of Agenda's Bibliographla Zoologia.' published by the Ray Society.