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bers everywhere, and will require an entirely distinct arrangement and system 

 from that adopted in the Society's classified collections. Our readers will per- 

 ceive that this is work for all to do; the humblest beginner, the merest collec- 

 tor, can render valuable assistance in his own way, as well as the more ad- 

 vanced student of the science. Hearty co-operation, regular systematic obser- 

 vation and work are what we require, and what all can render if they choose. 

 Since our last issue, two regular meetings of the Society have been held in 

 Toronto. At the first, Nov. 10, 1869, in addition to the ordinary routine busi- 

 ness, letters were read from Baron Osten Sacken,and Dr. Hagen, acknowledg- 

 ing their election as Honorary Members of the Society, and from Mr. Sanborn 

 and Mr. D'Urban as Corresponding Members; the thanks of the Society were 

 voted to the Boston Society of Natural History, for the donation to the Library 

 of a copy of the " Harris Correspondence ;" and a number of specimens of 

 Buprestirfx were exhibited by Messrs. Saunders, Reed, and Bethune. At the 

 second meeting, Dec. 14, 1809, the resolution quoted above was read, and the 

 meeting resolved upon accepting the grant of the Agricultural and Arts Asso- 

 ciation upon the conditions specified. Mr* F. B. Robertson was elected an 

 Ordinary Member; the Secretary announced the much lamented death of Mr. 

 B. D. Walsh, State Entomologist of Illinois, and obituary resolutions of a simi- 

 lar character to those passed at a meeting of the London branch, were adopted. 



DEATH OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF ILLINOIS. 



It is with feelings of very great grief that we record the death of our much 

 esteemed correspondent, Benjamin D. Walsh, MA., State Entomologist of 

 Illinois. He was walking, it appears, on the railroad track near the depot, at 

 Rock Island, on Friday, Nov. 12th, when a train coming on him unawares, 

 the engine caught his foot and crushed it. The injured limb was amputated, 

 and fur several days no great alarm was felt respecting his condition; it soon 

 however, became evident that he had received serious internal injuries, and that 

 there was no hope of his recovery. He lived till the 18th of the month, and 

 then, after much suffering, breathed his last. 



No words of ours are needed to tell the reader of the loss science has sus- 

 tai»ed by this sad accident. One of the most thorough entomologists in 

 America has been taken from us in the full maturity of his powers; the accu- 

 mulated stores of knowledge gathered during many years of zealous labors in 

 the field, and in the study, have been closed to us for ever. Deeply do we 

 deplore the bereavement, but humbly must we bow in meek submission to the 

 incomprehensible wisdom of an overruling Providence. 



The following resolutions respecting this sad event were adopted at a recent 

 meeting of the London Branch of the Entomological Society of Canada: — 



