24S nAVKNPOKT A(\VDE>rY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



The Canibridgre Entomological Club. 



The Cambridge Entomological Club, hearing with sincere grief 

 of the death of their late colleague, .J. Duncan Putnam, wish to 

 place upon record their appreciation of the high service which he 

 has rendeied their favorite science. 



The thorough character and conscientious spirit of his work, car- 

 ried on in s])ite of bodily disadvantages under which most would 

 have succun)bpd and sought a life of ease, have won our admiration ; 

 and while the value of his investigations is not to be measured by 

 their extent, they have been neither few nor insignificant. A pio- 

 neer in difficult studies, he has given solid proof of an independent 

 and well balanced mind, which can ill be s{)ared from the field of 

 his researches. Appreciating, too, the gentleness and manliness of 

 his personal character, which cannot be too highly esteemed, we can 

 only record our deep sense of loss, and offer to his bereaved relatives 

 and friends our heartfelt sympathy, and our acknowledgment of 

 his worth as a scholar and a man. 



Attest: Wm. Tkelease, Sec'y. 



TIk' Chicag-o Academy of Scieii<*e. 



At a regular meeting of tlie Chicago Academy of Science held 

 at their rooms, Decend^er 31st, 1881, the following resolution was 

 passed: 



Resulced, That we learn with protbuDd regret tlie death o\' Prof J. D. 

 Putnam, President of the Davenport Academy of Sciences, and a corres- 

 pondin2: member of this Academy. President Putnam was an earnest and 

 an eminent contributor to the progress of science, whose death we sincerely 

 deplore, and we tender to the Davenport Academy of Sciences om- deep 

 sympathy for its loss. 



The Secretaiy was instructed to forward a copv ol' this resolution 

 to the Davenport Academy of Sciences. 



Dr. Andrews and Mr. Blatchford nuidc addresses giving accounts 

 of the services tendered by Prof. Putnam to the caus(^ of science. 



[Copy from minutes of meeting.] 



V. M. HiGoiNsoN, Recorder. 



[Resolutions of respect were adopted on January 9th, 1882, by tlie Mus- 

 catine Academy of Science; and like action has been taken by several other 

 scientitic societies.] 



