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labor was the compilation of The Nomenclator Zoologicus or 

 Universal Index to the Genera in Zoology (1882). In 1890 

 appeared The Tertiary Insects of North America, a work of 

 663 pages and 28 plates. Mr. Scudder was the foremost 

 student of fossil insects in America, and in addition to this 

 large work wrote other important papers in this branch of 

 study, such as the section on fossil Myriopods, Arachnoids 

 and Insects in Zittel's great Handbuch dcr Paleontologie 

 (1885, English translation 1900). He contributed largely to 

 our knowledge of the fauna of the New England States, and 

 particularly of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. His 

 studies in classification were largely accepted the world over. 

 In conjunction with Edward Burgess he was a pioneer in the 

 study of the genitalia of the butterflies ; on antigeny or sexual 

 dimorphism, on androconia and other parts of the minute 

 anatomy, he did important work. In a brief notice it is im- 

 possible to even mention all his activities. 



He was perhaps the greatest scholar and man of the great- 

 est literary ability among the entomologists that America has 

 produced. His biography of John Lawrence LeConte well 

 illustrates this ability and his painstaking care in research. He 

 was a man of culture, refinement and gentlemanly instincts, 

 and in his home was hospitable and kindly to all that came 

 to seek knowledge and consult the wealth of material in his 

 collection. He added great lustre to the study of entomol- 

 ogy in America, and his high abilities were recognized with 

 honorary or corresponding membership by leading scientific 

 societies of the Old World. H. S. 



THE PUGET SOUND MARINE STATION established by the University 

 of Washington at Friday Harbor, Washington, in the summer of 

 1004, and since 1908 placed upon a co-operative basis, (practically all 

 of the educational institutions of the Northwest participating in the 

 organization), will this year offer courses in Botany and Zoology, 

 from June 26 to August 3, opportunities for research, etc. For in- 

 formation apply to Professor Trevor Kincaid, University of Washing- 

 ton, Seattle, Wash. 



