' I MI ERE are few who have contributed so much to entomological 

 knowledge as SAMUEL HUBBARD SCUDDER, born in Boston 

 April 13, 1837. 



His life has shown a devotion to scientific research which should 

 meet appreciation on account of his extreme thoroughness and minute 

 attention to the really scientific side of the work. Among his more 

 noted publications may be mentioned " Fossil Butterflies " (100 pp., 

 3 plates. Salem: 1875); "Historical Sketch of the Generic Names 

 Proposed for Butterflies " (203 pp. Salem : 1875) > " Butterflies " (322 

 pp. New York: 1881); " Fragments of the Coarser Anatomy of Diurnal 

 Lepidoptera" (83 pp. Cambridge : 1882) ; " Butterflies of the Eastern 

 United States and Canada " (3 vols. and many plates, 1889) ; " The 

 Life of a Butterfly" (186 pp. New York: 1893); "Brief Guide to 

 the Commoner Butterflies of the Northern United States and Canada" 

 (217 pp. New York : 1893). 



His minor contributions are numerous. 



