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OBITUARY. 

 We record with much regret the death of Miss Mary E, 

 Murtfeldt, which took place at her residence in Kirkwood, Mo., 

 on the 23rd of February last. She was a contributor from time to 

 time to the pages of this magazine and a subscriber for a long 

 series of years. When the late Dr. C. V. Riley was State Ento- 

 mologist of Missouri she gave him much material assistance, 

 studying and recording the life-histories of many species of insects 

 in the preparation of his series of reports on the Insects of 

 Missouri, which are amongst the most valuable of his writings. 

 After his appointment to be Chief of the Bureau of Entomology 

 at Washington, she continued her interest in entomology. Her 

 contributions were always of much value, as she was very pains- 

 taking and accurate in her observations. She belonged to several 

 scientific societies, and was highly esteemed by all who had the 

 pleasure of her acquaintance. 



A NOTE ON GRAPTA J-ALBUM. 



During the month of August, 1908, whilst camped in a moun- 

 tain valley, engaged in collecting insects, I was interested to 

 observe this butterfly attracted to a piece of bacon hanging in a 

 small tree near the tent. It fluttered round for a few minutes 

 and settled several times upon the bacon. Shortly it was joined 

 by two other individuals, both of which alighted as did the first 

 comer. They must have been attracted as are some other 

 Lepidoptera, by the scent, perhaps. That the drawing power of 

 the bacon was powerful was evident from the fact that during our 

 stay of three days at this spot these butterflies were always to be 

 seen during the warm part of the day hovering round what we 

 called the bacon tree, and constantly alighting on and round the 



attractive board. 



E. P. Venables. 



