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The semi-tropical region of Florida had always interested him 

 greatly, and this be outlined in 1885, paving the way for the rich 

 finds made by Mr. Schwarz a few years later 



Always on the look-out for unusual faunas, that of the Hot 

 Springs in the Yellowstone Park was studied in 1890 and 1891, and 

 a year later a trip through the northwest with Mr. Schwarz, 

 yielded accumulations which have not been even yet reported upon. 



The burrows made by (he Florida Land Tortoise or "Gopher" 

 were investigated in 1895 and an altogether new fauna was there 

 discovered. A new visit to the Lake Superior region in 1896 re- 

 sulted in an admirable study of a Coccid infesting- the Birch, and 

 this was followed in 1896 by a study of the "Ambrosia" beetle-. 

 opportunity for which was given by the enormous increase of these 

 beetles in the dead and dying trees, killed or seriously injured by 

 the "great freeze," which caused a loss to Mr Hubbard and other 

 orange growers of many thousands of dollars. 



In 1896 the pulmonary consumption from which he suffered had 

 made such inroads that Mr. Hubbard was compelled to spend the 

 winter in southwestern Arizona, where he immediately began an 

 investigation into the fauna of that region and discovered an unsus- 

 pected mine in the giant cactus. 



In 1897-98 he was joined by Mr. Schwarz, and the material 

 gathered is now in process of arrangement. The letters written by 

 Mr. Hubbard describing his method of collecting this character- 

 istic fauna will be published in connection witli the descriptions of 

 the numerous new forms that were turned up 



Personally, Mr. Hubbard was agentlemau in all that that term im- 

 plies, and his most notable character was his unselfishness Scienti- 

 fically he had a genius for investigation. A pupil of Mr. Schwarz 

 in methods of collecting, he soon equalled his master, while in get- 

 ting at the really characteristic fauna of a region be was unexcelled- 



He was as neat in preparing as he was thorough in collecting, and 

 insisted on well-mounted, clean and properly labelled material. It 

 is due to Hubbard and Schwarz that the importance of exact local- 

 ities and dates of capture have become gradually appreciated. 



The loss to American Entomology is heavy, and I know of none 

 fitted to fill the place left vacant by him. J 13. SMITH. 



PROF ACHILLE COSTA. Professor of Zoology in the University of 

 Naples, died in Rome, November 18, 1898. He was born in Lecce. 

 August 10, 182,3. He wrote extensively upon Italian insects, es- 

 pecially the Hymeuoptera, personally exploring the Neapolitan 

 provinces and the Island of Sardinia. The entomological results of 

 these researches are embraced in his memoirs on the " Fauna del 

 Regno di Napoli," and on the " Geo- fauna Sarda " A translation 

 of some notes on the entomological collect ions at Naples, which he 

 kindly furnished for the NEWS were published in volume vii, page 

 290 A brief notice of his life is given by Sign. A. Delia Valle in 

 the " Rendiconto" of the Naples Academy for December, isjis. 



