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Under the name of the insect appeared first the Greek or Latin de- 

 rivation (both genera and species) ; then followed the reference to plates 

 and figures of the work, for sometimes the larvse and imago were figured 

 upon difiereut plates, and even the male and female appeared in differ- 

 ent places ; then a list of the synonyms, followed by a short and con- 

 cise account of the life history of the species, from egg to imago ; then 

 followed habitat, food plants, and, lastly, the best-known remedies, the 

 parasites, and references to other authorities. In another portion of the 

 work was given alphabetical lists of the food plants in the different 

 orders, with the insects figured upon them; and the whole work was to 

 be so simplified and made so available for consultation by an admirable 

 system of cross-references that the merest tyro could make use of it. 

 When a new fact was discovered it was at once jotted down in the 

 proper book of manuscript notes. When a new number of some ento- 

 mological publication was received it was carefully digested, and the 

 new facts transcribed into the appropriate place, with due credit, so 

 that the work grew by almost daily accretion to its pages, and, as far 

 as the later material is concerned, it was up to date. In these manu- 

 script notes Mr. Glover should have indicated, however, the records of 

 his own i^ersonal observations. How much injustice he may have done 

 himself by locking up in au unpublished work the results of these obser- 

 vations for many years will never be known. The folly of prema- 

 turely "rushing into print" is conceded; but it should be known that 

 Mr. Glover made inany new and interesting discoveries that were wor- 

 thy to have been ))laced on record at the time of their discovery that he 

 received no credit for whatever. 



Some of these he was urged in vaiu to publish by contributions to 

 the scientific periodicals of the day ; but alwa.vs looking forward to that 

 indefinite jioint of time when his entire work would be completed (as 

 though it ever could be finished by such a man while there were insects 

 to figure or new facts to record), he declined publishing any portion 

 fugitively, save as it might be appropriately used in bis special reports 

 as entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, and even then he 

 used as little as possible. He was extremely cautious in making state- 

 ments, disliked criticism, and oftentimes in giving the life-history of a 

 particular species, stated the facts on the authority of others, with 

 credit, in preference to his own, when both were equally full and au- 

 thentic. 



If he did not give to the world the results of his observations during 

 these years, the entomological world was kept fully posted as to the 

 progress he was making with his plates. Dr. Walsh, Messrs. Grote, 

 Saunders, Strecker, Sanborn, and others loaned him box afcer box of 

 unfigured species, which, with other material, enabled him to complete 

 almost two plates a month. Copies of these plates were printed as soon 

 as the engraving was finished and corrected, and after coloring half a 

 dozen or more copies of the plate with his own hand, they were mailed 



