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JANUARY 3, 1895. 



President Ashmead occupied the chair, and the other members 

 present were Messrs, Riley, Schwarz, Marlatt, McGee, Stiles, 

 Gill, Benton, Patten, Heidemann, Howard, and Dodge. 



President Ashmead announced the death of Dr. George Marx, 

 on January 3, and made a few remarks indicative of the great 

 loss which the Society had sustained. 



On motion by Mr. Schwarz, a committee was appointed to 

 draw up resolutions expressing the sense of the Society. The 

 chairman appointed Messrs. Riley, Howard, Schwarz, and Gill. 



The committee submitted the following resolutions, which were 

 unanimously adopted : 



WHEREAS, The Entomological Society of Washington has just learned, 

 with deep sorrow, of the sad death of Dr. George Marx, one of the most 

 learned members of the Society, one of its founders, for two years its 

 President, and the warm personal friend of all of its members, therefore 

 be it 



Resolved, That this Society, through its Secretary, transmit to the family 

 of its late member its deepest sympathy and an expression of profound 

 sorrow. 



Resolved, That the published proceedings of this meeting of the Society 

 consist only of a biographical sketch of our late President and fellow- 

 member, with a list of his published writings ; that all further business at 

 this meeting be postponed, and that in respect to his memory we do now 

 adjourn. 



C. V. RILEY. 



L. O. HOWARD. 



E. A. SCHWARZ. 



THEO. GILL. 



DR. GEORGE MARX. 



Dr. George Marx was born in Laubach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, 

 June 22, 1838. He was the son of George Marx, who was court 

 chaplain at Laubach, and his boyhood was spent at that place. 

 In 1845 his father received an appointment at Leeheim, where he 

 went with his family. 



At the age of fourteen George Marx entered the gymnasium 

 at Darmstadt. It was his father's wish that he should fit himself 

 for the ministry, and he began at this time to study Hebrew. 

 He had always shown a great love of nature, which had been 

 fostered by a private tutor employed by his father at Laubach to. 



