FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, 1877-1879. 817 



January 21, 1879— Senate. 



Memorial {Senate Mise. Doc. No. 4.0) hi favor of the jnirchase of the 

 eiigraved plates prepared hy Prof Toivnend Glover. 



Learning that the lifelong work on North American insects of Prof. 

 Townend Glover, late entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, 

 is offered to the Government at the mere cost of engraving the plates, 

 we take pleasure in recommending its purchase, knowing that such a 

 publication would prove a valuable acquisition to the literature of 

 science, and that the work will be found most useful in the libraries of 

 colleges and other institutions of learning, agricultural societies, and 

 of scientific men. 



We, the working entomologists of the United States, therefore urge 

 its speedy possession b}^ the Government, that the value of the work 

 may be recognized during the life of the author, and that the cause of 

 American entomology may l^e advanced. 



Sam. H. Scudder. 

 Dr. H. A. Hagen, 

 Professo7' at Harvard JJnvversity. 



B. PicKMAN Mann. 

 Geo. Dimmock. 



E. P. Austin. 

 S. I. Smith, 

 Professor (f Coinparative Anatomy., Yale College. 

 A. E. Verrill, 

 Professor of Zoology., Yale College. 

 J. L. Le Conte. 

 E. T. Cresson. 

 George H. Howe, M. D. 

 Chas. a, Blake. 

 P. R. Uhler, 

 President <f the Maryland Academy of Scie^ices. 

 Jno. G. Morris. 



C. V. Riley, 



Chief U. S. Entomological Commission., 

 Entomologist Department of Agricxdture. 

 Chas. R. Dodge, 



Editor Field and Eorest, 

 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, 



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