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Treasurer of the Club. In the following year he was re-elected 

 to the same position, and in 1882, the position being divided, he 

 was elected Secretary, which office he continued to hold until 

 March, 1885. In that month he was honoured by being elected 

 President of the Club. 



In 1879, Mr. Harrington was also elected to the Council of 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario; in 1891 he was chosen as 

 first Vice-President, and from 1893 to 1895 he acted as Presi- 

 dent. For a number of years he was also a member of the Editing 

 Committee of the Canadian Entomologist. 



In 1894 he was honoured by the Royal Society of Canada, by 

 being elected a Fellow. 



The writer first met Mr. Harrington in 1899, and from that 

 time on had the pleasure of meeting him frequently and experiencing 

 the joy of knowing him intimately. This was made possible by 

 that prince of good fellows, the late James Fletcher, who in winter 

 generally arranged for a Saturday afternoon snowshoe tramp or 

 other outing with a "camp" tea at half past six in his unoccupied 

 (during winter) residence on the Central Experimental Farm; a 

 friendly smoke followed, and a brisk walk of a couple of miles to 

 the city in the evening. Harrington and the writer missed few 

 of these pleasures. 



Quiet in nature and unassuming, even retiring at times, 

 Harrington was held in high regard by all who knew him. Early 

 in life he becam.e interested in natural history. His chief studies 

 were in the Hymenoptera. He was one of the few^ English-speaking 

 entomologists who enjoyed a close correspondence with that 

 eminent French-Canadian entomologist I'Abbe Provancher. He 

 also corresponded freely with W. H. Ashmead. During his resi- 

 dence in Ottawa, Harrington amassed an important collection of 

 Coleoptera and Hymenoptera; among the latter are the types of 

 his own species. In addition to being a systematist of recognized 

 standing, he was also keenly interested in economic entomology, 

 being an Active Member of the Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists. 



At a meeting of the Council of the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario, held in March last, the following letter signed by the 



