300 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



OBITUARY. 



Charles W. Stromberg died at his home in Galesburg, III, oa 

 Tuesday, March 26th, 1895, o^ consumption. He was in failing health 

 for a number of years, and made a trip to Phcenix, Arizona, early in 1894, 

 returning in November of that year, but did not find the relief he antici- 

 pated. His most grievous illness only preceded his death about a month. 

 Mr. Stromberg was born in Sweden, July 24, 1856, and came to the 

 United States with his parents in 1866. He was a resident of Galesburg 

 up to the time of his death. He early became devoted to scientific 

 studies, and for the past fifteen years has been a close student and 

 collector in Entomology, making a specialty of Coleoptera, of which he 

 had a most complete collection. He was exact and thorough in all his 

 scientific work, as was recognized by his Entomological correspondents 

 in both the United States and Canada, and in the neatness and care with 

 which his exchanges were prepared. He was known, either personally 

 or by correspondence, to all the prominent coleopterists in North America, 

 and his field notes on his favourite families were always read with pleasure 

 and interest. 



Mr. Stromberg was quiet, reserved, and gentlemanly in his tastes and 

 disposition, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. His 

 death, at a comparatively early age, is a serious loss to Entomology, as 

 his genius for correct classification, his thorough observation and his 

 deftness in handling would in the near future have placed him among the 

 foremost workers in this branch of science. He was a welcome contribu- 

 tor to the leading Entomological journals, and an extensive collector for 

 the Colleges of his State. 



W. Knaus, MacPherson, Kansas. 



Mr. C. H. Tyler Townsend, temporary Field Agent of the Divisioi 

 of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, desires to inform his- 

 correspondents that he has again removed to Las Cruces, New Mexicoj 



Mailed October 5 th, 1895. 



