1895.] 



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lines with my Manual, and there might have been misunder- 

 standings which I should have been very sorry for for Dr. 

 Ritzema Bos is always kind in helping me. 



You will believe how intensely I was interested in all I 

 could hear about Professor Riley's retirement. I was sorry 

 for his indifferent health, but perhaps it was more the desire 

 to be a free agent that led to his resignation. I think I 

 could feel very much with him, but his was a magnificent 

 post to resign. 



October 28, 1895. 



I was shocked and grieved to receive the news of our 

 friend Professor Riley's fatal accident. 1 Dr. Bethune kindly 

 sent me a paper with the full account, and as I did not know 

 what any one might do in properly announcing it here, I 

 wrote a short letter to the " Times " which they inserted at 

 once. This was just what one might call a friendly notice ; 



G.E.O. 



H.K. 



Magnified, and lines showing natural length ; strawberry fruit 

 gnawed by Harpalus ruficornis. 



FIG. 53- GROUND BEETLES "BAT BEETLE/' HARPALUS RUFICORNIS, 

 FAB. (left), PTEROSTICHUS VULGARIS, LINN, (right). 



an account of the accident and a few observations,; the dry 

 obituary notice (I mean the regular formal notice) had been 

 inserted the previous day. I was very pleased to see 

 yours in the " Canadian Entomologist." It was very sad, 

 and I feel his loss much, for he was always, when we cor- 

 responded, kind and helpful. 



Here, things are going on (or standing still) much as 

 usual, but it has been a grand year for fresh observations. 

 I have secured a long carefully watched observation of 

 Harpalus ruficornis (Ground beetle) feeding on strawberry 



1 See Appendix E. 



