This account by Gosse seems to raise two questions -
- if there were numbers of Urania sloanus in St Ann, in Jamaica, in 1880, had they really all gone within 20 years, since they have not been recorded since the 1890s?
- what happened to the specimens which ended up with 'Mr Marsden, Gloucester'; are they in some museum collection in the UK, or did they disappear too?
- if there were numbers of Urania sloanus in St Ann, in Jamaica, in 1880, had they really all gone within 20 years, since they have not been recorded since the 1890s?
- what happened to the specimens which ended up with 'Mr Marsden, Gloucester'; are they in some museum collection in the UK, or did they disappear too?
Daily Gleaner, July 8, 1880
NOTE: 'Rev. John Leslie Mais, B.A., Master of Walton School, and as Stipendiary Curate £100. Moneague P.O., [St Ann].' 1870 JAMAICA ALMANAC
The 'Walton School' was moved to Kingston in 1883 and was renamed 'Jamaica College', the name it still bears today.
The 'Walton School' was moved to Kingston in 1883 and was renamed 'Jamaica College', the name it still bears today.
