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rest of it, if Prof. Washburn were a little more familiar with human path- 

 ology he probably would not have written the sentence. The writer has 

 spoken before hundreds of physicians on this subject, ^ some of them the 

 best nerve specialists in the United States, and not one of them has ever 

 raised a question as to its being one of the causes of epilepsy. 



Prof. Washburn questions my assumption that the larvfe might be 

 reproduced in the mtestines by parthenogenesis. I do not believe I wish 

 to add anything to my original statements in the Canadian Entomologist 

 when naming the species m 1900. At the time of writing then I gave the 

 subject a careful investigation in the literature of this country and of 

 Europe. 



I do not know how these larvre gain access to the digestive canal of 



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man. That is one of the things for future investigation. 



JOHN ALSTON MOFFAT. 



It is with profound regret that we announce the death of our dear 

 and greatly-esteemed friend, Mr. John Alston Moff.\t, which took 

 place at the -Victoria Hospital on Friday evening, February 26th. For the 

 last six months Mr. Muffat had been in poor health, but continued to 

 frequent the Society's library and to discharge, as far as his strength per- 

 mitted, the various duties that devolved upon him. He was very 

 unwilling to give up, and resisted as long as he could the attacks of weak- 

 ness and old age. At last, on the day before Christmas, his condition 

 was such that he could bear up no longer, and with great reluctance he 

 went to the Victoria Hospital, where he remained till the end came. 

 His ailment was pronounced to be " senile decay," aggravated by much 

 digestive vveakness. He suffered much discomfort, though little acute 

 pain, and bore with great patience and gentleness all that he was called 

 upon to endure. At the advanced age of fourscore years, he knew that 

 his days were numbered, and was quite prepared to leave this world when 

 the summons came. 



For the last fourteen years Mr. Moftat has been the Librarian and 

 Curator of the Entomological Society of Ontario, and during that time 

 endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact by his gentleness, 

 kindness and courtesy. It was always a pleasure to him to identify 

 specimens, and to exhibit the beautiful objects in the Society's cabinets to 

 anyone who was interested in natural history. We shall miss him sadly 

 at our meetings, and our library will seem desolate without his familiar 

 voice and figure. He was a constant contributor of notes to this 

 magazine and , of more elaborate papers in our annual Reports. The 

 volume for 1903, which is now in type, contains an article from his pen, 

 entitled " Recollections of the Past "; this will be read with great interest 

 by his many friends. It contains some reminiscences of his life, and 

 relates how he came to study entomology, through the necessity for an. 

 outdoor life caused by ill-health. C. J. S. B. 



Mailed March 3rd, 1904. 



