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and that copies of these resolutions be sent, with an expression 



of sincere sympathy, to his family. 



L. O. HOWARD, 

 E. A. SCHWARZ, 

 N. BANKS. 



President Hopkins announced that he had appointed Doctor 

 Howard and Messrs. Crawford and Banks a committee to pre- 

 pare a biographical sketch of the late Dr. Wm. H. Ashmead, 

 and a bibliography of his writings. 



Extended remarks were made on the character and work of 

 Doctor Ashmead by Doctor Howard and Messrs. Schwarz, 

 Crawford, Coquillett, Currie, Banks, Hopkins, Caudell, and 

 Marlatt. All testified to his indefatigable energy and enthusi- 

 asm, to the way in which he inspired young entomologists, and 

 to the great value of his work. 



WILLIAM HARRIS ASHMEAD. 



William Harris Ashmead, assistant curator, Division of In- 

 sects, United States National Museum, one of the foremost 

 American workers in systematic entomology, died in Washing- 

 ton, October 17, 1908, after a lingering illness. Although his 

 death had been expected for some months, owing to the char- 

 acter of the malady that laid him low, it was none the less a 

 great shock to his wide circle of friends among the scientific 

 community of Washington and to the members of the Ento- 

 mological Society of Washington, of which he had been presi- 

 dent. 



Doctor Ashmead was born in Philadelphia, September 19, 

 1855. He was the son of Captain Albert Ashmead and Eliza- 

 beth (Graham) Ashmead, and came of fine old colonial ances- 

 try on both sides. He was educated in the private and public 

 schools of Philadelphia, and early in life entered the publish- 

 ing house of J. B. Lippincott Company, of that city. Some 

 years later he went to Jacksonville, Fla., and with his brother 

 established a printing house for the publication of agricultural 



