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remarks to include a survey of the living exponents of entomo- 

 logical illustrative art in this country, both, veterans and 

 recruits, but this obviously is impossible for several reasons, but 

 especially because of the limitations imposed by time and space. 

 A survey of that kind, however, would be interesting, and 

 doubtless would reveal the names of many entomologists who, 

 at one time or another, have wielded the pencil but who have 

 relinquished it in favor of the pen, or perhaps one should say 

 the stenographic clerk, in these strenuous days. For instance, 

 who among the younger men remembers that Mr. C. L. Marlatt, 

 even as far back as his student days, made some excellent 

 drawings which were published by Professor Popenoe and that 

 these works attracted the attention of Dr. Riley who induced 

 Mr. Marlatt to come to Washington where his marked ability 

 soon led him into other fields of entomological endeavor. Before 

 this occurred, however, he had executed a considerable number of 

 drawings such as those of the tree hoppers in Volume 7 of Insect 

 Life, the mouth parts of mosquito larvae and the illustrations 

 for his studies of the saw-flies. Who knows too that Professor 

 R. H. Pettit was the author ot a number of good drawings of the 

 insects affecting domestic animals while serving as Dr. Lugger's 

 assistant in Minnesota many years ago, etc. There are many 

 other veterans of the pencil, such as Dr. Herbert T. Osborn, for 

 example, whose work it would be a pleasure to review, but this 

 must be left for the pen of some future writer. My purpose, as 

 stated in the beginning of this paper, was to show the importance 

 of the work of the draughtsman in advancing the science of ento- 

 mology in this country and also to drag from unmerited obscurity 

 the names of the earlier men whose work is in almost daily use 

 but who, for the most part, have been utterly forgotten by those 

 who participate in the results of their labors. If the present 

 paper attains even the latter end I shall feel amply repaid for the 

 slight labor of its preparation. It may be seen from what has 

 been said that in some cases, even the name of the draughtsman 

 has been disconnected from his work, and there is now no way of 

 telling who was responsible for certain important drawings; in 

 others the name of quite another person than the author has 

 been substituted and it doubtless is true, also, that in many more 

 cases very scant and altogether inadequate acknowledgment 

 has been made the skillful and patient artist collaborator whose 

 work contributed very greatly to the success of many a famous 

 entomological publication. 



Ruskin believed that "the greatest thing a human soul ever 

 does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a 

 plain way. " This is precisely what the skilled draughtsman does 

 for the entomologist, and whether or not we agree with Ruskin, 

 who will say that this service is not a great one? 



