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The description of this new and fine genus and species appears 

 to have been his first effort as an author. At this time the 

 collections of the American Entomological Society were in 

 charge of what were called " Standing Committees" and Mr. 

 Blake was on the Committees for Lepidoptera, Insect Archi- 

 tecture and also on the Library Committee. His next article 

 was not so fortunate as Papilio grotei^ proved to be a synonym 

 of P. g7indlachianus . 



In iSyof he described Miitilla cressoni and M. nortoni, and 

 evidently became greatly interested in this family of the Hy- 

 menoptera, for in the same volume (pp. 217-265) will be found 

 a " Synopsis of the Mutillidae of North America." This was 

 a very valuable contribution to the literature of the Hymenop- 

 tera. Tables were given to separate the species and also quite 

 a number of text figures ; many new species and some new 

 genera were described. Subsequent papers on the Mutillidae 

 appeared in the same publication as follows: Vol. IV, p. 71, 

 1872 ; Vol. VII, p. 243, 1878, and a monograph of the family. 

 Vol. XIII, p. 179, 1886. In the first volume of the Ent. News 

 are a number of short articles and notes, and on page 127 a 

 humorous article in which the names of a number of members 

 of the American Entomological Society are introduced. His 

 last article appeared in Ent. News, Vol. II, p. 33, 1891, since 

 which time he has not taken an active part in the work of the 

 Am. Ent. Soc. or in entomology. Mr. Blake was a tall, fine 

 looking man, genial, courteous, and a pleasant companion. 

 He was a representative of the early days in American Ento- 

 mology and did very good work, and will always be rememb- 

 ered by his studies in the Mutillidae. Those who capture 

 Coloradia pandora will also wish to know something of the 

 describer of such a fine genus and species. 



In the publication of the ' * Proceedings' ' and the earlier 

 volumes of the "Transactions," which were printed by the 

 members of the Society in its own printing office, Mr. Blake 

 took an active part and rendered much valuable assistance 

 both in composition and presswork. He was a useful Com- 



* Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., Vol. IV., p. 313, 1865. 

 t Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. Ill, p. 68, 1870. 



