1|() ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April 



irist to tli-' horrors of war as seen in the hospital rear by. The 

 spiders saen were a common Nep!'l sp. and an Ar</i/i'<><'j><'i r . 

 The Treisurer reporter! that the bequest of m,<m) from the late Dr. 

 Gci>. II . Horn had been received. 



DH. HENRY SKIXM.TJ, Secretary. 



OBITUARY. 



It is with sorrow I record the death, on February 25th, at Mai- 

 den. Mass., of my friend and fellow collet-tor, Henry G. White. For 

 the past seventeen years he had been in poor health from Avhat wa- 

 supposed to be a form of Bright's disease, and two or three times a 

 year would have severe and painful attacks, which would confine 

 him to his bed for weeks at a time. The last and what proved to 

 be fatal attack c line upon bin: in August, since which time he had 

 been unable to leave his room. He suffered greater agony than be 

 falls the lot of most men. but. in spite of his affliction, was always 

 cheerful and contented, and a most indefatigable collector of 

 /eptdoptertt, in which he specialized. 



Mr. White was born in Worcester, England. November 23, is.'nt. 

 and came to this country when eighteen years of age. After spend 

 ing a few rears in Pittsburg, Pa., he traveled extensively through 

 the West and finally returned to the Eastern States, and spent the 

 greater part of his life in or near New York city. 



In the spring of 1895 he came to Maiden, and for about a year 

 was connected with the Gipsy Moth Commission, but his con- 

 tinued poor heilth compelled him to resign his position, since 

 which lie has devoted himself to collecting insects, rearing larv;e 

 and the many other pleasures which a true lover of nature enjoys 

 while pursuing his favorite hobby ; and what a blessing this hobby 

 has been to him, helping to while away the weiry hours and bring 

 days of contentment to this poor sufterer. 



By profession " Harry' 1 White was a mechanical engineer, by 

 birth and education a gentleman. His \vas a most generous nature, 

 and often would he give from his own collection to help out a less 

 fortunate friend. If he found a choice collecting ground he wanted 

 all his friends (and all entomologists were his friends) to enjoy it 

 with him. His unselfishness was well illustrate:! by a remark I 

 once heard him make when remonstrated wiih for giving so freely 

 from his cabinet. '' What are they good for," said he. " except to 

 give awny 'i I cannot take them with me when I die." 



We have all of us lost a friend indec I . 



He leaves a wife whose untiring devotion helped to prolong his 

 life manv years Two brothers survive him. one in Colorado, the 

 other in England, also his mother. HARRY 11 NKWCOMB. 



