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He left one paper, the manuscript of which is fairly ready, 

 on the Pentatomoidea of Illinois, and this I have undertaken 

 to complete, mostly from his notes, and publish. 



From my four and one-half years of constant association 

 with him. I conclude that, as a factor in broadening the scope 

 of systematic entomology and in linking it up with other 

 branches of nature study, he played a very important part, not 

 only through his published papers but through the influence he 

 exercised upon university students with whom he came in con- 

 tact. He saw clearly that, in order to command attention and 

 prove its economic value commensurate with the expenditure 

 demanded for it, entomology should be considered in its 

 broadest possible aspect, and the lack of published papers by 

 him is in large measure due to the fact that the amount of work 

 for which he assumed responsibility left him but little time for 

 the preparation of papers. 



Although never robust he devoted many hours more daily 

 to his work than he was called upon to do. a characteristic 

 found almost exclusively among scientists who pursue their 

 studies because of inclination and not of necessity. 



His earliest work was principally done on Coleoptera. but 

 in later years he devoted much time to Odonata, publishing 

 one paper in collaboration with J. G. Needham, and to the 

 Orthoptera. His principal work during the last six years was 

 done on the Hemiptera and it is unfortunate that his untimely 

 death prevented him from publishing his results. J. R. MAL- 



LOCH. 



CHARLES PALM, one of the founders of the New York- 

 Entomological Society (organized June 29, 1892), born at 

 Calbe. Germany, in 1836, died November 5, 1917. An obitu- 

 ary notice and portrait are published in the Journal of the 

 Society for December, 1917 (Vol. XXV, pp. 237-8. pi. 18). 



Despatches published in the daily press announced the death, 

 from his own hand, of ADOLFH FRIEDRTCH VI, grand-duke of 

 Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on February 23, 1918, near his castle at 

 Neu-Strelitz. He was born at Neu-Strelitz, June 17, i8Sj, 



