March, 1913-] HARRIS: New CiCINDELIDS. 71 



full of the most valuable information, discoveries, observations, notes 

 and suggestions. Often there was no room for the signature except 

 at the edges, and these, too, frequently carried postscripts. Needless 

 to say, a letter from him was always a treat and an inspiration. 



But while one learned to cherish the man merely from reading his 

 letters, we learned to love him as a friend after meeting him and par- 

 taking of the ever-ready hospitality of the Blanchard home in Tyngs- 

 boro. The simplicity and kindliness of the man and his wife ap- 

 pealed to all, and though the first visit was eagerly anticipated, the 

 subsequent ones were even more so. His collection, his fine library, 

 were exhibited and explained with a quiet unobtrusiveness which was 

 delightful, and he personally conducted his guests to the local haunts 

 of their favorite beetles or other insects, and assisted in their search 

 and capture. Indeed he interested himself in all the activities and 

 studies of his many friends, vieing with them in their enthusiasm, and 

 extending every possible assistance that he could think of. 



To many less conveniently located he was the willing and accurate 

 interpreter of the Le Conte types at the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoologv in Cambridge, of which he was a constant visitor. He 

 knew the Le Conte collection as an open book and loved it as if it 

 were his very own. In 191 1 his name was enrolled in the Harvard 

 University Catalogue as associate in entomology of the University 

 Museum, a well-deserved honor, which was a distinction to the 

 Museum as well. 



John D. Sherman, Jr. 



A CORRECTION. 



On page 272 of vol. XX the remarks under Collops 4-maculatus 

 should be cancelled and the following substituted: 

 C. 4-maculatus Fab. Ent. Syst. Suppl., 70. 



This common eastern species is too well known to need descrip- 

 tion in detail, and the tabular characters will probably suffice for its 

 recognition in all cases. I have never seen a specimen with the elytral 

 spots connected or with any indication of a thoracic spot. The basal 

 joint of the antennae in the J* is moderately thick, ovate triangular, 

 scarcely flattened, not more than J/2 longer than wide; the second 



