THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 71 
pleurite complete, elongate extending back to the cigluli segment; 
outer pleural appendage an elongate fleshy lobe that is narrowed 
apically, clothed with Ijng hairs that are directed l)ackward; inner 
pleural appendage of somewhat similar structure, elongate, bear- 
ing on the inner face a small, sub-apical tooth; the surface is der,sely 
clothed with a short pubescence. Ninth sternite with a deep, V- 
shaped notch; eighth sternite unarmed. 
Habitat. — Alaska. 
Holotype.~cf, Point Barrow, Alaska, July 8, 1882 (John 
Murdock). 
Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum. 
OBITUARY NOTICE. 
WILLIAM D. KEARFOTT. 
Canadian students of Lepidoptera will regret to record the 
death of William D. Kearfott, of Montclair, N.J., which occurred 
on November 12th, 1917, following an attack of apoplexy. Born 
in Berkeley County, West Virginia, on January r2th, 1864, he was 
thus, comparatively, a young man. We learn from Entomological 
News, January, 1918, that he was educated in primar\' schools in 
Richmond and Philadelphia. Iii his earlier years he was con- 
nected with the Morton Poole Company, of Wilmington, Dela- 
ware, and the International Navigation Company, of Philadelphia. 
He was associated also with the Worthington Steam Pump Com- 
pany. Two years ago he formed the Kearfott Engineering Com- 
pany. He was considered an authority on his branch of engineering. 
Kearfott was a keen student of the Micro-lepidoptera, par- 
ticularly of the family Tortricidae, and was specialh- interested in 
Canadian species. During the years 1903 to 1908 he built up a 
large correspondence with collectors throughout Canada and, as 
a result, brought together a most important collection, particu- 
larly of the family mentioned. He was an exceedijigly bright 
correspondent and ever ready to heli) us in the determination of 
specimens in the groups in which he specialized. Of late years, 
however, his eyes gave him considerable trouble, and he found it 
necessary to give up the study of the small moths he loved so well. 
His collection of Tortricida;, which was particularly rich in Cana- 
dian material, is now in the American Museum of Natural History. 
His Pvralida? is in the Barnes' collection. 
