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the work in entomology been pushed with greater vigor and with a 

 more devoted effort to make the work of value to the people of the 

 state. 



Professor Smith, however, was a man of diversified talent and of a 

 Avide range of activit}' so that the results of his life work will be seen 

 in man}' different phases of entomology. He was perhaps primarily 

 a systematist and entered upon entomological work with this as his 

 stimulus and throughout his life he continued to do much in the way 

 of classification and arrangement of the groups of insects, most par- 

 ticularly in the Lepidoptera, in which he was a recognized authority 

 and in which, especially in the Noduidce, his contributions have been 

 of great extent and undoubted merit. In the field of insect anatomy 

 he has made a number of contributions, particularly upon the struc- 

 ture of the Diptera and Hemiptera, and whether his views in these 

 matters, which were somewhat revolutionary, be accepted or not, there 

 €an be no question as to the service given by his observations and 

 interpretations in this field. In economic entomology which has 

 perhaps engaged the greater share of his time during the past quarter- 

 century, he has contributed extensive reports, embracing results of 

 his studies in the State of New Jersey and covering practically all 

 groups of insects and in greater or less degree nearly every species of 

 economic importance in his state. His work upon the mosquito 

 problems was prosecuted with special vigor and interest and the results 

 have been marked and will undoubtedly show the greatest value in 

 years to come. His lists of "Insects in New Jersey" which must have 

 involved an enormous amount of labor, stand as among the best in 

 this class of work and have afforded much help to students of geograph- 

 ical distribution. 



Personally, Professor Smith was a man of very distinct convictions 

 but of a genial, wholesome spirit, one whom it was a pleasure to know 

 and his friendship extended practically to the whole number of work- 

 ing entomologists of the country and included many of the entomo- 

 logical workers of other countries. He was a member of many different 

 scientific societies and an active worker in these, and was honored 

 by prominent duties and offices in many of them, those showing par- 

 ticular confidence and esteem on the part of his fellow-workers, holding 

 the Presidency of the Association of Economic Entomologists in 1895, 

 and that of the Entomological Society of America in 1910. He was 

 Secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

 in 1894. 



Aside from the numerous and voluminous bulletins published as a 

 part of his experiment station work, and the extended papers on Sys- 

 tematic Entomology, many of which were published in the Proceed- 



