THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIbT. 16& 



OBITUARY. 



Dr. Joseph Albert Lintner. 



By the death of Dr. J. A. Lintner, which occurred at Florence, Italy, 

 on May 6th, economic entomology has lost one of its oldest, ablest, and 

 most distinguished devotees. He was of German parentage, and was 

 born at Schoharie, N. Y., February 8th, 1822. He graduated from the 

 Schoharie academy at the age of fifteen, and for the next thirty years was 

 actively engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City, Schoharie, and 

 Utica. The study of natural history became a fascination for him early 

 in life, and in 1853 he turned his attention especially to insects, and 

 rendered valuable aid to Dr. Fitch, who was then making an entomo- 

 logical survey of the State of New York. 



Dr. Lintner's first paper upon insects was published in 1862, and six 

 years later he became zoological assistant in the New York State Museum 

 of Natural History. He continued in the service of the State until his 

 death, working as assistant in the Museum for twelve years, and in 1880 

 receiving the appointment of State Entomologist. This thirty years of 

 continuous active service in an official capacity, in a useful and limited 

 scientific field, and in a single State, is certainly a remarkable record, and 

 one which speaks volumes of praise for Dr. Lintner. 



He richly deserved the honour of the degree of Ph. D. conferred upon 

 him in 1S84 by the University of the State of New York. He was also 

 honoured with the presidency of several scientific associations, and his 

 name is enrolled among the members of many entomological and other 

 scientific societies, both in America and in Europe. The publications of 

 Dr. Lintner merit the highest praise, and deservedly entitle him to the 

 foremost rank among the economic entomologists of the world. He 

 published more than a thousand miscellaneous articles upon injurious 

 insects, besides his four important " Entomological Contributions " and 

 his twelve reports as State Entomologist ; probably the thirteenth report, 

 for 1897, is in the printer's hands. 



These reports are justly entitled to the highest rank among the 

 scientific publications of the great Empire State. They represent the 

 highest ideal or model of what such reports should be, both from a 

 scientific and a practical standpoint. For typographical neatness and 

 scientific accuracy, for the simple, yet elegant and dignified, way in which 

 dry scientific facts are made interesting and adapted to the understanding 



