Thomas Reid Davys Bell

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Thomas Reid Davys Bell (1863-1948), born in Cork, was a lepidopterist.

He lived at Karwar, North Kanara District, Bombay, India. Joined the Indian Forest service in 1884 and retired as Chief Conservator of Forests, Bombay Presidency in 1920. He reared many lepidoptera specimens from larvae collected in the field and published on a variety of topics including a volume (1937) on the Sphingidae in the Fauna of British India, in collaboration with F. B. Scott.

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