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R. Crotch was at that time working at Cambridge, as was also Mr. 

 E. A Seh warz, who became his instructor in methods of collecting. 

 During the winter of 1873-4 Messrs, Hubbard and Sdi\virz sys- 

 tematically investigated the hibernating quarters of the Coleoptera 

 near Cambridge, turning up species theretofore undreamed of, in 

 utterly unheard of numbers. Mr. Hubbard's share of this became 

 the property of the Cambridge Museum, and is known as the 



'Winter Collection." 

 The friendship formed between Messrs. Hubbard and Schwarz 



during this period was based upon mutual esteem and admiration 

 on the part of each of qualities not possessed by the other, and it 



lasted without break to Mr. Hubbard's death. 



In the summer of 1874 they collected near Detroit, Mich., which 



was Mr. Hubbard's home, and at this time the Detroit Scientific 

 Association was organized, with the view of getting up a local col- 

 lection of Natural History and other specimens in time for the meet- 

 ing of the A. A. A. S., which was to be held in 1875 



During the winter of 1874-5 Mr. Hubbard collected in Florida, 

 returning in time to get all the material in shape before the meeting 

 of the American Association, then under the presidency of Dr. 

 John L. Lecoute An unusual number of the working entomolo- 

 gists of the country attended this meeting, of whom Dr. Leconte 

 and the Messrs. Grote, Lintner. Osten-Sacken and liiley, became 

 the guests of Mr. Bela Hubbard, the father of Mr. H. (i. Hubbard. 



The little outbuilding in the Hubbard grounds, containing the 

 collection of insects, immediately became a centre of interest, the 

 material there stored being unparalleled for wealth of specimens 

 and with so many new forms that Dr. Leconte declared that it 

 made it necessary to re- write part of his "Classification." Here 

 was formed that personal friendship with Dr. Leconte which lasted 

 to the death of the latter, and no better correspondents did Dr- 

 Lecoute ever have than the Messrs. Hubbard and Schwar/ 



[ri 1876-77 our collectors investigated the Lake Superior region. 

 and made the phenomenal collection which formed the basis of the 

 paper published by Dr. Leconte, in April, 1878. 



In 187!> Mr. Hubbjird was engaged as the naturalist of the Stale 

 ideological Survey of Kentucky, under Prof. Shaler, and amoni: 

 other matters explored the Mammoth Cave, making known its 

 peculiar fauna of blind insects. 



Becoming pos-e-^ed of a piece of laud near Cres.-ent City, Florida, 

 in 1880, he devoted himself for a time to the horticultural interest - 

 f that State, coin inning indeed to the time of his death. 



In issi he was engaged ;is ;i >pechl agent for the Division of En- 

 tomology by Dr. C V. Kiley. working lirst on cotton insects, and 

 afterward on those injurious to the orange: there-ult- nt the latter 

 study being published as a bulletin of the department in issr>. It 

 Was in the course of this work that he discovered and |iertectcd a 

 practical method of emulsify ing kenene -o a> to allow it- dilution 

 with water for insecticide purpose-. 



