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ments and connection with various scientific societies are known 

 to all throughout the world. We wish more especially to record 

 his relations with our Society which date back more than twenty- 

 five years, when upon invitation of a member he attended one of 

 the meetings. He was so interested in the discussion, that in 

 1891 he became an active member, and thereafter the Society 

 was highly honored by his regular attendance. He read but few 

 formal papers before the Society, but very frequently took part 

 in the discussions, and with his inexhaustible knowledge of taxon- 

 omy and comparative anatomy was able to present the broad er 

 view of many questions. His extemporaneous remarks were 

 often so thorough and extensive as to constitute a general zoologi- 

 cal review of the entire matter. Among the more important matters 

 touched upon by Dr. Gill may be mentioned the following : 



The Larva of Insects, An Intercalated Stage. Ent. Soc. Wash. Pro., 

 vol. ii, p. 304, 1892. 



On a Remarkable New Family of Crabs from the Coast of Coromandel 

 at a Depth of 150-200 Fathoms, Proposing new generic name Retropluma 

 and the new family Retroplumidce. Ent. Soc. Pro., vol. in, p. 182, 1894. 



Relative Value of Different Groups of Animals from the Faunistic Stand- 

 point. Ent. Soc. Pro., vol. iv, p. 194, 1897. 



On the Evolution of Genus Making. Ent. Soc. Pro., vol. iv, p. 345, 1898. 



Note on Micropterous Island Insects. Ent. Soc. Pro., vol. iv, p. 488, 

 1898. 



On the Fauna of Hawaii. Ent. Soc. Pro., vol. iv, p. 491, 1898. 



On the Character of the Philippine Island Fauna. Ent. Soc., Pro. 

 vol. vi, p. 174. 



On Taxonomic Groups. Ent. Soc. Pro., vol. xm, p. 181. 



On Secondary Sexual Characters. Ent. Soc. Pro. vol. xiv, p. 204. 



Dr. Gill's uniform kindness in aiding his fellow members not 

 only in zoological but in linguistic and bibliographic matters will 

 never be forgotten by the many of us who personally benefited 

 thereby. No one will ever know how many generic and other 

 names credited to various entomologists really originated with 



Dr. Gill's genial presence added greatly to the scientific and 

 social success of our meetings and the loss of our most notable 

 member will be deeply felt by all of us. 



