SECRETARY'S REPORT 45 
continued for more than 2 years as a result of transportation difii- 
culties during World War I. 
Lee L. Buchanan, research associate in entomology, died in Wash- 
ington, D.C., on February 15, 1958. Buchanan, an authority on 
weevils, had served as assistant biologist in the Bureau of Biological 
Survey from 1917 to 1929, and remained in the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine from 1929 
to 1949 when he retired for health reasons. He was appointed a 
specialist for the Casey Collection of Coleoptera on April 1, 1926. 
Dr. Harriet Richardson Searle, collaborator since January 11, 1901, 
and research associate in zoology since December 27, 1956, died in 
Washington, D.C., on March 28, 1958. Dr. Richardson was a world 
authority on the isopod crustaceans and published more than 80 
papers, including the monograph of the isopods of North America 
which appeared in 1905 and which is still a standard reference work 
on the group. 
Respectfully submitted. 
Remineron Kexioas, Director. 
Dr. Leonard CARMICHAEL, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
