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pastoral charge, which he served 37 years. During 18 years he took 

 care of 8 cliurches ; during 27 years of 6 churches. Later he retained 

 only four. Afterwards he was elected to the German congregation in 

 York, which he served about 13 )'-ears. 



During his ministry in Kraeutx-Creek he began to collect insects and 

 to study Entomology. His son told me that he often accompanied his 

 father, and that he collected insects principally by beating in the umbrella, 

 an excellent method, but very little used, as far as I know, in America. 

 One of his churches was very near to Dr. Melsheimer's home. We owe 

 to this circumstance probably the friendship and the zeal for entomologi- 

 cal studies of both. To help Dr. Melsheimer in describing the new species 

 of Coleoptera for the forthcoming Catalogue, Rev. D. Ziegler published 

 in Proc. Acad. Sc. Philad., 1844, vol. ii., p. 43-47, his only entomological 

 paper, containing 36 new species. His scientific correspondence, which 

 was considerable, both American and foreign, cannot be found. His 

 library contained some excellent works, all very much used. When 60 

 years old he sold, together with Dr. Melsheimer, his collection to Prof. 

 L. Agassiz. The collection was packed up and forwarded to Cambridge 

 by Mr. Ph. R. Uhler, from Baltimore. The contents of the collection are 

 given in my Melsheimer paper, p. 196. Rev. J. G. Morris writes : " I 

 remember hearing Ziegler say that he sold his specimens of Hymenoptera 

 to a Swiss naturalist who has written upon that order, perhaps to De 

 Saussure." This may explain the fact that the collection contained only 

 60 species of N. Amer. Hymenoptera and 14 from Europe. Rev. D. 

 Ziegler died May 23, 1876, in York, Pa., 71 years, 10 months, 12 days old. 



" There was nothing whatever eventful in his life, and besides his few 

 entomological contributions, he was nothing more than a plain, plodding, 

 honest country parson." — (J. G. Morris). 



DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW VARIETIES OF CATOCALA 

 CEROGAMA, Guen., WITH NOTE ON A THIRD. 



BY PH. FISCHER, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



C. aure/la, ^ , new var. 



Primaries and thorax light gray, strongly shaded with yellow ; h. p. 

 and t. p. line with t. a. line very distinct ; teeth below U somewhat 



