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I saw him last on Sunday a few hours before his death and 

 in spite of his desperate condition he showed the force and the 

 cheerful hopefulness characteristic of the man. He said that 

 he realized it was perhaps unwise for him to make the trip to 

 Columbus but that he was especially anxious to meet his Ento- 

 mological friends and expressed his pleasure in the meeting and 

 keen regret that two of his oldest friends among the Entomol- 

 ogists whom he had hoped to meet had not been present. I 

 feel that I may fairly convey to them and all his host of friends 

 the farewell greeting of a fallen comrade. 



He was keenly appreciative of the honor of his election to 

 the Presidency and it seems especially fitting that this tribute 

 of his co-workers should have been conferred in time for him to 

 have the pleasure it might afford him. 



Prof. Webster was born in Lebanon, N. H., August 8th, 

 1849, and died in Columbus, Ohio, January 3d, 1916. As 

 Assistant to the State Entomologist of Illinois; Agent of the 

 U. S. Division of Entomology in the Department of Agriculture; 

 Entomologist of the Ohio Experiment Station; and lastly, 

 Chief of the Division of Cereal and Forage Crop Insects in the 

 Bureau of Entomology he stepped from one important duty to 

 another and in his last position doubtless wielded his greatest 

 influence upon the growth of Economic Entomology. 



Practically his whole life has been devoted to his favorite 

 study and he died, as doubltess he would have wished, while in 

 active participation of duties connected with his life work. 

 American Entomology has lost a leader but will hold and 

 treasure an example of devotion and fruitful effort. 



Herbert Osborn. 



