39 6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., '08 



SIMON H. M. SEIB 



It is with the deepest regret that we record the death of 

 Simon H. M. Seib, of Jersey City, who died at his home on 

 August 27th. Mr. Seib was an ardent collector and breeder 

 of Lepidoptera who took great pains in mounting his speci- 

 mens. He was one of the original members of the Newark 

 Entomological Society ; was its first president and held the 

 office of treasurer at the time of his death. 



MONSIEUR P. A. P. FINOT. 



In the death of Monsieur Pierre Aclrien Prosper Finot, sys- 

 tematic entomological science has lost one of its most devoted 

 adherents. He was "Chevalier cle la legion d'honneur" and 

 "Capitaine d'etat major en retraite." A most befitting tribute 

 to his memory printed by his relatives in the form of a memor- 

 iam has been sent out to his correspondents in foreign lands. 

 Monsieur Finot was 70 years old at the time of his death, April 

 14, 1908, and he lived at Fontainebleau, 27 Rue Saint-Honore. 

 His published papers were mostly devoted to Orthoptera. His 

 monographs were prepared with painstaking care and were 

 often embellished with exquisite drawings made by his own 

 hand. His plates and figures were works of art, showing a 

 great refinement of the art sense as well as close devotion to his 

 subject. 



He will be remembered more, perhaps, by his well-known 

 monograph on the Orthoptera of France, which is a model 

 of its kind, though his other works are none the less valuable 

 contributions to Orthopteran literature. He was always kindly 

 and courteous toward correspondents, and his letters indicate a 

 man of sympathetic scientific feeling. 



J. L. HANCOCK. 



Biological Experiment Grounds, Lakeside, Berrien 

 Co., Michigan, July Qth, 1908. 



PROF. GUSTAV MAYR. 



Professor Dr. Gustav Mayr, the distinguished Hymenopterist 

 and special student of the Formicidse, died July I4th, 1908, at 

 his home in Vienna, after a prolonged illness, in his 78th year. 



