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of that day, such as Leconte, Horn, Ridings, Bland, Cresson, 

 Wlenzelj Wilt and Feldman. He was a noted collector, par- 

 ticularly of the smaller Coleoptera, such as the Pselaphidae, 

 Scydmaenidae and Silphidae, and also a master in technic. 

 His collection and material were frequently used by the sys- 

 tematists of the time. Many references to it will be found in the 

 writings of Cresson, Leconte and Horn, as well as in those of 

 Dietz and others. Many rare and interesting specimens were 

 presented by him to the collection of the American Entomolog- 

 ical Society, the first lot being donated in 1861. He was 

 the owner of a famous collection of Coleoptera, the work of 

 a lifetime. It is now in the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, 

 Pa. He had a large circle of scientific friends and was ad- 

 mired and respected by all. 



Perhaps no portrait painter in this country was better known 

 in the last generation that Henry Ulke. He was a personal 

 friend of Abraham Lincoln, portraits of many of whose cab- 

 inet members he painted. 



One of Mr. Ulke's most famous portraits that of President 

 Grant, until the building of the new executive offices last 

 summer, hung in the private office of the President. It now 

 hangs with the White House collection, in the long gallery. 



Mr. Ulke painted more than 100 portraits, notable among 

 them being those of Secretaries Sumner, Chase and Stanton, of 

 Lincoln's cabinet; James G. Blaine, John G. Carlisle, Carl 

 Schurz, John Sherman, Chief Justice Taney, of the Supreme 

 Court ; Robert Ingersoll, and W. W. Corcoran, founder of the 

 art gallery that bears his name. 



He is survived by three sons. 



THE First International Entomological Congress to be held in Brus- 

 sels from the ist to the 6th of August is sure to be a success. Dele- 

 gates from Canada and the United States have signified their intention 

 to be present. Seven subscriptions have been received from Africa 

 and seven more are expected. India, Japan and the British West 

 Indies will be represented. The Entomological Society of America 

 will appoint delegates, and it is hoped that other American Ento- 

 mological Societies will do the same. 



