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Chalcid Flies or the Superfamily Chalcidoidea, published by 

 the Carnegie Museum, Serial No. 21, a quarto volume of 335 

 pages, would have been enough to have monopolized the work- 

 ing part of the lifetime of any one ordinary man. But aside 

 from these he left nearly ready for publication a great mono- 

 graph of the Braconid^, and he had published very many 

 smaller classificatory papers of high standing. 



Doctor Ashmead was given the degree of Master of Science 

 by the Florida State Agricultural College, and in 1904 was 

 made a Doctor of Philosophy by the Western University of 

 Pennsylvania, the Monograph of the Chalcidoidea just men- 

 tioned having been submitted as his thesis. He was prominent 

 in scientific circles. He was a fellow of the American Associ- 

 ation for the Advancement of Science, and a corresponding 

 member of the American Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 

 He had been Vice-President of the Biological Society of Wash- 

 ington, President of the Cambridge Entomological Society 

 (1894), President of the Entomological Society of Washington 

 (189^-5), Vice-President of the Washington Academy of Sci- 

 ences (1888, 1893, 1894), honorary member of the Entomolog- 

 ical Society of Ontario, and Vice-President of the Association 

 of Economic Entomologists (1892). He married in Philadelphia 

 in 1878, Harriet, the daughter of Thomas O. Holmes. He 

 leaves a widow and one married daughter. He was a member 

 of the Cosmos Club, of Washington, and of its very important 

 committee on admissions. 



When he came to Washington he was a man of large prop- 

 erty, which however, was greatly reduced by the disastrous 

 Jacksonville fire. This, however, did not appear to prey upon 

 his mind and he remained until the end the same cheerful, tire- 

 less worker in the field of pure science. Like so many inde- 

 fatigable workers in science, Dr. Ashmead was most helpful to 

 his fellow workers. His knowledge and his time were always 

 at the disposal of other workers, and he was noted for his help- 

 ful attitude towards younger investigators. He had the kindest 

 of hearts, and will always be remembered by those who knew 

 him. 



L. O. Howard. 



