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known to other entomologists his valuable observations and 

 discoveries, as only a few of these appeared in print. His 

 table of the species of Canthon and Phanaeus (Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Soc., Vol. XII, 1885) and the revision of the genus 

 Cardiophorus (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., Vol. XVI, 1889) are 

 the most important of his printed papers. Of the last named 

 genus he described twelve new species. 



Though beset by many misfortunes of late years, and him- 

 self an invalid for more than a year preceding his death, his 

 entomological interest was keenly maintained up to the very 

 end of his life, and he had practically finished only a few 

 months ago a paper on the genus Evarthrus. This will proba- 

 bly be put together and published by his close and intimate 

 friend and protege, H. C. Fall. 



In June, 1901, with keen expectation, the writer journeyed 

 for the first time to Lowell, and then rode on the trolley eight 

 miles or so up the Merrimac River to Tyngsboro, to enjoy the 

 hospitality of the Blanchard home, which, though close to the 

 Nashua Road, was completely hidden from it by a fine grove 

 of pines. This was the haven to which Mr. and Mrs. Blanch- 

 ard moved about the time of his retirement from the banking 

 business, and here, in their comfortable home surrounded by 

 the fields and meadows, they loved to entertain again and 

 again all of us who made the pilgrimage thither. There was 

 a perfect comradeship between man and wife which impress- 

 ed us all, and their guests at once felt very much at home. We 

 were escorted to all his famous collecting grounds, and we 

 reveled in the treasures of his wonderful local collection, his 

 excellent library and most of all, we took delight in the great 

 privilege of contact with his simple and kindly personality. 



Mr. Blanchard's collection, though a large one, is primarily 

 and essentially one of New England species, very largely col- 

 lected through the thorough and untiring efforts of his own 

 eyes and hands. Like Mr. Schwarz he possessed an instinct 

 for completely bringing to light the fauna of any locality 

 which he visited, and, again like Mr. Schwarz, his beetles were 



