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teristics and was clearly evidenced in his entomological work, in 

 which his artistic talents also stood him in good stead. His fellow 

 members will long remember the enthusiasm with which he dis- 

 played his well-drawn color-sketches of typical and unusual species 

 of Membracidfe, and the excellent series of models constructed by 

 him to exemplify the range of form in this group. Especially in- 

 teresting are the models illustrating the life-history of Enchcnopa 

 binotata Say. 



Mr. Matausch was best known, however, for the remarkable 

 series of giant insect models which he constructed for the American 

 Museum and which are displayed in the Hall of Public Health, to 

 illustrate the insect carriers of disease. These are without doubt 

 the most accurate models of the kind ever constructed, and are valu- 

 able not merely in connection with the purpose above mentioned, but 

 also as unusual demonstrations of external insect anatomy. Every 

 part was modeled with minute care from living as well as dead 

 specimens, hundreds of which were examined in the course of the 

 preliminary studies. The series includes magnified representations 

 of eggs' larva, pupa and adult of the common house fly (Musca 

 domcstica Linne), eggs of the rat flea (CeratophyUiis fasciatus 

 Bosc), carrier of the bubonic plague, and the adult of the common 

 louse (Pcdicidits corporis de Geer). Many other invertebrate models 

 constructed by Mr. Matausch are exhibited in the Darwin Hall of the 

 Museum, the most noteworthy of which are those demonstrating the 

 anatomy of the spider (Lycosa carolinensis Walck.), and of the com- 

 mon squid (Loligo pcalii Lesueur). 



The dissections for the former were made by Mr. Matausch with 

 the collaboration of Dr. Alexander Petrunkevitch, while the latter 

 was constructed under the supervision of Dr. L. W. Williams. 



The writer was most closely associated with Mr. Matausch in 

 connection with the construction of the Invertebrate Window Groups 

 in the Darwin Hall. In this work Mr. Matausch formed one of a 

 quartet of skilled museum artists, and the contributions of his hand 

 are seen blended with those of others in a series of complex inver- 

 tebrate ecological exhibits which have attracted wide attention both 

 here and abroad. The success of these groups is largely due to the 

 exceptional techniqe of Mr. Matausch and his fellow artists. 



In Mr. Matausch the N. Y. Entomological Society has lost a 



