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them were redrawn from other works on entomology, mostly 

 of the European authors. Glover's figures, while good, are by 

 no means strictly accurate or of the highest quality. The 

 perspective is often faulty, due to the fact that the several 

 parts of the model have been drawn from distinctly different 

 viewpoints. This fact becomes quite apparent when his figures 

 are compared with actual specimens of the species represented. 

 Many of the figures have a flat, poorly modeled appearance as 

 if their author had intended them to be colored after they were 

 printed. Nevertheless, if these illustrations could be made 

 easily available to students, together with their modern names, 

 they would fill a field not at present occupied by any other work 

 on American entomology and would be of great value in this 

 field. While Glover was serving as Entomologist for the Fed- 

 eral Government, he frescoed on the ceiling of a room in the 

 northwest corner of the old Department of Agriculture building 

 an oval or circular centerpiece. This unique design consisted of 

 lepidopterous insects such as Papillio, Vanessa and some of the 

 Sphingidae. The decoration remained for many years but 

 finally became obliterated and no trace of it now is to be seen. 



Mr. Dodge's admirable word picture of Townend Glover, with 

 which all entomologists should be familiar, leaves the reader con- 

 vinced that he was a genius but a most peculiar and eccentric 

 character, and that this fact interfered seriously with his com- 

 plete success in life. Had he been of a more companionable tem- 

 perament, or even a little more fortunate, undoubtedly he would 

 sooner or later have attracted the allegiance of some entomolo- 

 gist possessing complemental qualities of mind who could have 

 furnished the steadying and directing force, which was all that 

 was needed to render Glover one of the most momentous 

 figures that has appeared in American entomology. He was 

 the unfortunate victim of misdirected energies and talents of a 

 very high order which could have been made entirely effective 

 by proper management and assistance. Dipterists will under- 

 stand what is meant if I say he was a Loew without his Osten 

 Sacken. 



It seems remarkable that following the time of T. R. Peale's 

 activities a period of more than forty years elapsed before the 

 appearance of a native born entomological draughtsman of any 

 note. It was not until the appearance in ISf/y of the first 

 edition of "Packard's Guide to the Study of Insects," thus 

 introducing to the entomological public the excellent drawings 

 of Mr. James H. Emerton, that the pursuit of entomological 

 delineation was resumed by persons of American bith. I.esucur, 

 Bridport, Sonrel, Burckhardt, and Glover were of foreign birth, 

 and even during Rtley's time this field was occupied In natives 

 of European countries; in truth it is only within comparatively 

 recent years that this branch of art, in the I'nited States, has 



