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descriptions of new species in the Pyralidae and Tortricidae. 

 At the close of his service here, the Maine State College con- 

 ferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 



In 1886, Prof. Fernald accepted the position of Professor 

 of Zoology in the Massachusetts Agricultural College, retain- 

 ing this position until his retirement from active work in the 

 college in 1910. During the last ten years of his service here, 

 his work consisted mainly in the development of the post- 

 graduate courses in Entomology. From 1908 to 1910 he was 

 director of the Graduate School. 



In 1887, with the establishment of the Hatch Experiment 

 Station, he was made entomologist, remaining in this position 

 until 1910. The establishment of experiment stations, with 

 the consequent opportunities for entomological work, and the 

 demand for trained entomological workers, together with the 

 impetus given to economic entomology by the discover} 7 of the 

 Gypsy Moth in Massachusetts in 1889 and the fight against it 

 directed by Prof. Fernald, resulted in a rapid growth of the 

 college work in entomology, to which Prof. Fernald's time 

 was increasingly and finally exclusively given. 



As a much esteemed and beloved teacher of entomologv. 

 Prof. Fernald will always rank as one of the great pioneer^, 

 whose enthusiasm and self-sacrificing devotion to his work is 

 reflected in the lives and work of the students who received 

 their instruction and inspiration from him. To him, and to 

 the sympathetic cooperation of his son. Dr. H. T. Fernald, is 

 due the development of the facilities for entomological worki 

 at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



His greatest work in economic entomology centered around 

 the fight against the Gypsy Moth in Massachusetts. As scien- 

 tific director of this work, and as entomologist of the Hatcn 

 Experiment Station, he was active in the successful controlling 

 of this pest during the ten-year period from 1889 to 1899. He 

 brought to this work executive ability combined with a broad 

 conception of the problems and difficulties involved. Account- 

 of this work are embodied in the annual "I 

 ports" and in the more complete volume on "The < 

 (lS'>i), prepared in cooperation with K. II. l-'orhush. fu-l-l 

 director of the work. Other records of his work as entomolo 



