ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SEGION, 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. VIII. APRIL, 1897. No. 4. 



CONTENTS: 



Dr. John Hamilton 73 | Doings of Societies 90 



Kellogg — John L. Curtis 75 | Entomological Section 91 



Patton — Acorn insects 76 '. Curtis — Theridium inconstans 91 



Jones — Some Delaware Noctuidae 77 1 Cockerell — The third Amer. Kermes... 94 



Editorial 79 



Notes and News 82 



Entomological Literature 83 



Bergroth— On two remarkable Hemip- 

 tera 95 



DR. JOHN HAMILTON. 



Dr. John Hamilton, the well-known physician and entomologist, 

 of Allegheny, Pa., died Friday, February 12th, at Pitts' Island, 

 Lake Worth, Fla. He had been in feeble health and went to 

 Florida early in January, where for a time his condition was im- 

 proved. He died after a short illness. Dr. Hamilton was born 

 in St. Clair, Columbiana County, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1827. He 

 graduated from Duquesne College in 1846 and at Jefferson Col- 

 lege, Canonsburgh, Pa., in 1847. He studied theology under 

 the late Prof James R. Willson, D.D., completing a four years' 

 course in 1851. Later he studied medicine in the office of the 

 late Dr. Dickson, of this city, and in 1856 graduated from the 

 University Medical College, of New York. He first practiced 

 his profession in Greenfield, Mercer County, Pa., where he spent 

 six years, after which he removed to Allegheny, where he prac 

 ticed his profession until his health failed four years ago. Dr. 

 Hamilton was a cultivated physician and always a diligent stu- 

 dent. His early education in theology was continued in Bible 

 study and his religious life was nourished thereby. For many 

 years he was a member of the Allegheny Reformed Presbyterian 

 Church, of which he was a liberal supporter and to the welfare 



