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Jameson, James Sligo (1856-1888)

Godman & Salvin (1890): "The collection of Butterflies made by the late Mr. James S. Jameson during the expedition undertaken for the relief of Emin Pasha has been submitted to us by Mrs. Jameson for determination. The collection contains about 218 specimens belonging to 132 species. So far as we can now determine, it was formed either in the valley of the Lower Congo between Matadi and Stanley Pool, or at the camp at Yambuya on the Aruwimi river. The very adverse conditions under which the specimens were collected and the subsequent treatment they must have undergone after Mr. Jameson's death account for the smallness of the collection, as from some of the notes in the foregoing diary it is evident that many more specimens must have been preserved than ever reached Mrs. Jameson's hands."

References

• G&C p. 200.

• Biography: Pinhey, E.C.G. 1978. Rhodesia Science News 12(6): 149; 

• Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1890. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. In: The Story of the Rear Column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. [CO/30].