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culture and horticulture, and in this way a most useful member of our 

 Society. He was quiet and unobtrusive, but his work, especially as a 

 hybridist, made him widely known. He originated inany good varieties 

 of fruits, cereals and other useful plants, some of which are much appre- 

 ciated. Few men have done so much good in so quiet a way. 



PROF. TOWNEND GLOVER, 



long so well known as Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture in 

 Washington, died on the 8th of September from an attack of appoplexy, 

 at the house of his adopted daughter in Baltimore, in his 71st year. He 

 was a most careful and painstaking observer, a good draughtsman and an 

 excellent engraver, and employed his every spare moment in producing 

 figures of American insects. In the preparation of these plates his 

 industry was incessant, and the wonder is how, in one short life, he could 

 have accomplished so much. The plates, with the accompanying notes, 

 have been purchased by the United States Government, and it is hoped 

 that they will be published in sufficient number to admit of their being 

 available to educational institutions and students of Entomology through- 

 out the country. A complete set of his beautiful works, of which only 

 fifteen copies are extant, have been secured for the library of our Society. 

 He was an honorary member of the Entomological Society of Ontario, and 

 ever felt a deep interest in our work. 



V. T. CHAMBERS, 



A valued contributor to the pages of the Canadian Entomologist, died 

 on the 7th of August, his fifty-second birthday, at his home in Covington, 

 Kentucky. He labored long and ardently on the Micro-Lepidoptera, and 

 in his numerous descriptions of species and careful notes on their habits, 

 has left behind him an enduring monument. He began a series of papers 

 on Micros in the third volume of our journal, published in 187 1, pub- 

 lishing ten papers before the end of that year. These were followed by 

 twelve papers in volume 4, nine in vol. 5, ten in vol. 6, nine in vol. 7, 

 seven in vol. 8, ten in vol. 9, four in vol. 10, four in vol. 11, one in vol. 

 12, two in vol. 13, and one in vol. 14, seventy-eight papers in all, besides a 

 few communications on other Entomological subjects. His writings have 

 added much to the interest and value of our journal, and we shall miss 

 him much. 



