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nothing. In my Bremen List I suggest the identity of bombyciformis, 

 Sm., with e/ecti/is, and this, considering what Prof. Thaxter says of the 

 variabihty oi elect His, may prove to be the case. The two descriptions do 

 not contradict essentially. On page 59 of his paper, Prof. Smith says: 

 " I do not know where Morrison's type is to be found." On page 57 he 

 says : " There is a badly-rubbed specimen, I believe in the Tepper col- 

 lection marked ' type ' by Mr. Morrison, in which the basal dash is broad 

 •and suffused ; but I did not otherwise compare it with the description." 

 I may ask why this specimen is not Morrison's type, since all other types 

 in coll. Tepper are pronounced without doubt to be " the type " ? With 

 such a variable species as electilis evidently is, I cannot do more than 

 suggest that Morrison's type be looked up by Prof Smith. This type 

 must be still in the Tepper collection, from which Prof. Smith has again 

 had types only recently in working the HypenimB. To have this matter 

 cleared up would be a great help, as " electilis " is cumbering our lists 

 without being positively applied to any species in the collections. 



JOHN B. LEMBERT. 



The tidings of the tragic death of '' the Entomologist of the 

 Yosemite," as he was locally called, was a great shock to his many 

 correspondents. On the iqth of April last, a passing Indian found the 

 body of Mr. Lembert lying dead in his cabin, with a large bullet-hole in 

 his head, over the right temple. He had evidently been murdered, as the 

 cabin was found locked on the outside with a padlock. The crime is 

 supposed to have been the work of some Indian whom he had offended, 

 as he had no money or other valuables. From the condition of the body 

 it was considered that the murder had been committed about the first of 

 April, 



Mr. Lembert was a native of New York, but had lived for many 

 years among the mountains of California. He owned a bit of land at 

 the headquarters of the Tolumne River, at an altitude of 9,000 feet, and 

 lived there like a hermit till his property was included in the Yosemite 

 Park. As he wrote me last year, he then lost his home and was " shut 

 out of making a living from the stockmen. Mr. Dyar came along like an 

 angel unawares, and, at the age of fifty-one, he commenced to collect 

 insects, having been living in the sight of nature continuously for twenty 

 years." He occasionally acted as guide to parties visiting the moun- 

 tains, and in this way made the acquaintance of Mr. Dyar, who in- 



