Edward Yerbury Watson

Edward Yerbury Watson (27 July 1864 – 8 November 1897) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera most notably Hesperiidae.

Yerbury Watson was born in British India to Joanna and George Edward Watson.[1] He joined the North Lancashire regiment as Lieutenant in 1884[2] later joining the Madras Staff Corps (6 Feb 1884[3]) and rising to become Deputy Assistant Commissary General on the Indian Staff Corps. He died from a shot fired during the Tirah Campaign.

He was a Member of the Bombay Natural History Society, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and from 1891 of the Entomological Society of London. His India collections are conserved by the Natural History Museum, London.

## Works[edit]

* E. Y., Watson (1891). Hesperiidae Indicae : being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Madras: Vest and Company.
* A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. (1893). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: pages 3–132
* A key to the Asiatic genera of the Hesperiidae. (1895). The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 9(4): pages: 411-437

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
2. ^ London Gazette. Feb 5, 1884 p. 535
3. ^ London Gazette May 17, 1887 p.2706

## References[edit]

* Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Second series Vol. VIII [VOL. XXXIII.] 1897 :283