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available room was lit up and windows were left open to attract the un- 

 wary niglit-flyers. In an unexplored field like the Adirondacks the result 

 was most gratifying, and many previously unknown forms were dis- 

 covered — the types of which are all in his collection. With such a quantity 

 of material, exchanging was very productive and the collection rapidly 

 increased. It was his boast that he never bought an Insect, yet the col- 

 lection contains rarities from all sources, the products of exchanges. He 

 was extremely systematic in the arrangement and care of his collection, 

 every species bearing a number — or rather two numbers — one sex an 

 even, the other an odd number. Every species was registered, and the 

 duplicates were all noted, so that it was only necessary to refer to the 

 })roper book and the exact number of specimens on hand was at once 

 apparent. In addition to this he was very careful in labelling his Insects, 

 every specimen containing the exact locality, date of capture and whether 

 at light or at sugar. The collection is therefore valuable, not only as an 

 accumulation of material, but as an accumulation of facts, of great value 

 in fixing dates, distribution and number of broods. The work required 

 for all this was of course enormous, and can be appreciated only by 

 those who have attempted anything similar. 



Mr. Hill was not a describer, his only contributions to the literature 

 being in the line of faunal lists in which dates and localities were care- 

 fully noted ; — but though not a writer, he was a careful observer, and 

 his intention was, when a sufficient material was accumulated to study 

 some of the Heterocerous families systematically. This intention was 

 unhajipily prostrated by his untimeiy death. In September last he began 

 to break down, and his physicians decided that the trouble was con- 

 sumption. His death was quite unexpected and an autopsy revealed a 

 cancer on the lungs as the true ailment. His death is a positive loss to 

 Entomology, removing from our midst an active worker whom it will be 

 difficult to replace. For the reasons stated his collection is peculiarly 

 valuable, and it is to be hoped that it will not be lost. No testamentary 

 disposition was made, but his cxi)ressed wish was that it should be dis- 

 posed of in its entirety. The National INIuseuin would be an excellent 

 and a])propriate place for it. 



Mr. I lill was President of the Albany Fly-Casters Association ; Chair- 

 man of the Ex. Com. of the Eastern N. Y. Fish and Game Protective 

 Association ; Life-member of the Albany Young Men's Association ; 

 Member of the Albany Institute; of the Old Guard, Albany Zouave 

 Cadets; Masters Lodge V. & A. ]\I., and a vestryman of St. Paul's 

 Episcopal Church. None of his children have inlieriled his taste for 

 Entomology. . J. B. Smith. 



