Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3 



Natural Sciencee all branches of natural history, birds, mam- 

 mals, insects, plants, etc., but later devoted all his time to 

 insects, and, finally, to lepidoptera only. 



He will be remembered in the entomological world by his 

 work entitled Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, In- 

 digenous and Exotic, with Descriptions and Colored Illustra- 

 tions, which was commenced in 1872. It was published and 

 illustrated by the author, the drawings being made on stone 

 and colored by hand. Between the years 1872 and 1878 fifteen 

 parts, containing fifteen plates, were gotten out. There were 

 three supplementary parts published in the years 1898, 1899 

 and 1900. A single sheet was also published April 21, 1900, 

 containing the description of Neophasia cpya.\~<i. This work 

 was a most valuable contribution to the subject, as the plates 

 were excellent and they were published at a time when good 

 figures of American insects were none too numerous. The 

 figures of the genus Catocala were especially valuable, as were 

 also those of the Lycaenidse. The work was published under 

 difficulties, as the lithographic stone was cleaned for each plate, 

 to save expense. The author wielded a trenchant pen, and 

 had a very direct way of expressing what he desired to say. 

 Some parts of this work show considerable literary ability. 

 The poetical description of the haunts of Papilio niarcluvnlii 

 is quite beautiful. The defense of the name Jehovah also shows 

 talent for writing. His influence on the work of some of his 

 contemporaries was, doubtless, considerable, as matters might 

 have been worse if his strenuous objections had not been made 

 to what he was pleased to call the species mill of one author, 

 the generic phantasies of another, and the colossal egotism <>i 

 a third. This work is in demand at the present time, and 

 will, doubtless, always be considered one of merit in the liter- 

 ature of American lepidoptera. 



In 1878 he published his Butterflies and Moths of North 

 America, with full instructions for collecting, breeding, pre- 

 paring, classifying, packing for shipment, and a Complete 

 Synonymical Catalogue of Macrolepidoptera, with a full I'.ibli- 

 ography, to which is added a Glossary of Terms and an Alpha- 

 betical and Descriptive List of Localities. 



