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American Historical Review, I saw the notice of a paper read at a 

 meeting of the Buffalo Historical Society by John G. Milburn ; of 

 course I recognized the name, and immediately wrote to Mr. Milburn 

 at Buffalo, from which place my letter was forwarded to his present 

 home in New York City. I have just received a reply which is of such 

 interest to one interested in the lives of naturalists, that 1 here give 

 some of it to the readers of the NEWS. F. GRINNELL, JR., Pasadena, 

 Cal., December 24, 1912.] 



"I am sorry that I cannot tell you much about Grote. He was the 

 director of the museum on a small salary and in the front rank of 

 entomologists. He was, I should say, in the middle of the '7o's, some- 

 what over thirty years of age, dark, slight in build, and of a nervous, 

 mercurial temperament. He was a man of general culture, quite a 

 poet, and devoted to music. I have a dim recollection that he had 

 some connection as an organist with church work ; but I may be all 

 wrong about that. He was a delightful companion and a good talker. 

 Those were the days when Darwinism was spreading fast, and of what 

 used to be called the conflict between science and religion. Grote was 

 rather the leader of the group of young men to which I have referred, 

 and for them every problem of the universe was in the melting pot. 



When Grote was not occupied in identifying or describing some new 

 species, he was writing a lyric, composing an opera, or recasting theol- 

 ogy. He was a very vivid and interesting personality. 



(Signed) JOHN G. MILBURN. 



Entomological Literature. 



COMPILED BY E. T. CRESSON, JR., AND J. A. G. REHN. 



Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- 

 tomology of the Americas (North and South), including Arachnida and 

 Myriopoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted; 

 but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, how- 

 ever, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. 

 The numbers in Heavy- Faced Type refer to the journals, as numbered 

 in the following list, in which the papers are published, and are all 

 dated the current year unless otherwise noted, always excepting those 

 appearing in the January and February issues, which are generally dated 

 the year previous. 



The records of systematic papers are all grouped at the end of each 

 Order of which they treat, and are separated from the rest by a dash. 



For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Record, 

 Office of Experiment Stations, Washington. 



2 Transactions, American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. 

 4 The Canadian Entomologist. 5 Psyche. 1 U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology. 8 The Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine, London. 10 Nature, London. 11 Annals and 



