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form to changed concepts of homology." In a review of the same 

 book, Dr. R. G. Schmieder (Entomological News, vol. 67, No. 9, 

 pp. 250-251, 1956) quotes the beginning of chapter II, "An insect is a 

 living machine ; no other animal is provided with so many anatomical 

 tools, gadgets, or mechanisms for doing such a variety of things as a 

 winged insect." Dr. Schmieder describes Snodgrass as having "gone 

 over carefully the mountains of recent literature with all its detailed 



Ji MEETUia OF THE BCIENTiaTS TO DKUBEJIAIE ON THB POSSIBLE USES OF AK INTEKESTINa DISCOVERT. 



(From Chicago Record-Herald, 1913-) 



data and has boiled down and refined all its profusion and confusion 

 to the basic essential facts which he presents with amazing clarity and 

 simplicity. . . . This is not a technical reference book; [it is] essen- 

 tially a treatise on entomology, using one species as an example and 

 including a discussion of the fundamentals . . . [it] can be read 

 straight through with pleasure ... a delight to follow the author 

 through this complete examination of one insect. . . ." 



One of the most delightfully illustrated works of Snodgrass is 

 "Insects, Their Ways and Means of Living" (44). The colored plates, 

 numbering 15, are reproductions of oil paintings, some of which today 

 grace the wall of the Snodgrass office, and of water-color studies, some 

 of which Dr. Snodgrass has given to entomologist friends. One edi- 

 tion is beautifully bound, with pages edged in gold, befitting the care- 

 ful and detailed studies contained therein. This book exemplifies a 

 rare talent, the ability of a specialist to present a technical subject com- 



