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He made haste slowly and feared only to do that which might weaken 

 the faith of his constitnencj'- in his honesty and the effectiveness of the 

 practice recommended. His idea was to prove all things first and, 

 so far as possible, recommend only from personal experience. The 

 justification of his course so far as his constituency is concerned is 

 the universal respect and regard in which he was held from Atlantic 

 to Pacific. He encouraged collectors and students always and every- 

 where to the full extent of his ability; he assisted in founding such 

 organizations as the Ottawa Field Naturalist's Club, and served as an 

 officer in associations of all kinds. He was for a time Secretary and 

 Treasurer of the Royal Society of Canada, and in the Entomological 

 Societies in the United States he has presided over the Association of 

 Economic Entomologists and the Entomological Society of America. 



It is the function of others more closely associated with him to give 

 biographical details and lists of papers : the present is a tribute to the 

 man and his work. 



Dr. Fletcher was ])orn ]\Iaroh 28, 1852, at Kent in England, and 

 died November 8th. at Montreal, Canada, leaving a widow and two 

 daughters. j. b. Smith. 



WILLIAM HARRIS ASHMEAD 



"We regret to note the decease of Dr. Wm. H. Ashmead at St. 

 Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D. C. on October 17. Dr. Ash- 

 mead in his earlier days was deeply interested in economic ento- 

 mology, while his labors of recent years have given him a command- 

 ing position among Hymenopterists. His numerous determinations 

 have been of greatest value to all economic workers. The general 

 esteem in which he w^as held is admirably expressed in the following 

 resolutions : 



Whereas. The Entomological Society of Washington has lost by 

 death its former president, William Harris Ashmead ; and 



Whereas, Doctor Ashmead was one of the oldest members of the 

 Society and had, by his extraordinary activity and genius in entomo- 

 logical investigations, especially of a systematic character, contributed 

 very greatly to the interest of the meetings of the Society and to the 

 importance of its publications; and 



Whereas, His warm-hearted enthusiasm and his kindly, helpful 

 character had brought him to occupy a high place in the affections of 

 all of the members of the Society ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That in the death of Doctor Ashmead the Society has 

 suffered a very great loss ; that the field of systematic entomology has 

 been deprived of one of its most prominent workers, and that the 



