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lished in 1883. He was then connected, as he was practically his 

 whole active life, with the University of Nebraska. He taught natu- 

 ral history; was at first interested in ornithology (he was a good 

 taxidermist) ; and was engaged as a special agent of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture to make observations, usually in the sum- 

 mer, on the Rocky Mountain locust in the various States adjoining 

 Nebraska — in fact, in the whole Northwest. His last report in this 

 capacity was published in the Annual Report of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture for 1887. He became very greatly inter- 

 ested in the Orthoptera and widely known as an authority in that 

 group. Later, when the Argentine government appealed to me to 

 recommend an American to go to Argentina and advise concerning 

 migratory locusts, I had no hesitation in recommending Professor 

 Bruner, who spent some time in that South American country and pub- 

 lished an excellent report. On reaching retiring age, he went to 

 California where he still lives. 



An interesting incident connected with Professor Bruner may be 

 told. He came to Washington on his wedding trip. He had mar- 

 ried a charming Nebraska girl. Some time later I received a tele- 

 gram from him announcing the birth of a daughter. I wired a 

 reply of congratulations, and added that if he would name the 

 daughter Psyche the Division of Entomology would stand as god- 

 father. This despatch was not answered, but I learned a year later 

 that his little girl bore the unusual name of Psyche ; whereupon the 

 entomological force in Washington sent her a silver cup. It may be 

 interesting to know that this little girl eventually became the wife of 

 Harry S. Smith, so well known to all American entomologists. 



While Prof. J. H. Comstock continued to publish occasionally 

 on injurious insects after his return to Cornell University, he soon 

 began to devote his attention to the non-economic aspects of the sci- 

 ence of entomology, and the economic work was taken over largely 

 ])y his assistant, M. V. Slingerland, who, however, did not begin to 

 publish until the year when the experiment station law came into 

 operation. I imagine that the fifteen-thousand-dollar fund allotted 

 to the Cornell station enabled the definite employment of Slinger- 

 land, at that time a student assistant, and facilitated his work which 

 was very notable. His publications soon became models for the 

 on-coming generation of applied workers. 



Prof. E. A. Popenoe, teaching entomology at the Kansas State 

 Agricultural College, published occasional articles between 1880 and 

 1882. 



