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of which he was greatly devoted. Dr. Hamilton is survived by 

 Mrs. Hamilton, a daughter of the late David Culbertson. He 

 was a brother of Dr. William R. Hamilton, George Hamilton 

 and Mrs. Rosanna Corlett, both of Ohio. 



Dr. Hamilton was an industrious and painstaking student of 

 entomology and a careful collector and observer. He has made 

 many important contributions to the literature of Coleopterology, 

 to which order he was specially devoted. His papers were chiefly 

 contributed to the ' 'Canadian Entomologist, ' ' the ' 'Transactions' ' 

 of the American Entomological Society and Entomological 

 Nev/s; his last paper appearing in the latter journal in the February 

 number of the present year. His first published article was 

 "Remarks on Agonodervs comma, pallipes, rugicollis and Tacky- 

 ce//us afrimedtus," in "Can. Ent. ," xiv, 1882. There then fol- 

 lowed more than thirty papers in the same journal all showing 

 care and scientific acumen. Many of his papers were results of 

 collecting trips to Canada and Florida and excursions in the 

 vicinity of his home. As a sample of the extent of knowledge and 

 the field covered, the following titles may be mentioned: Entomol- 

 ogy at Longport, N. J., which would be a place suitable for an 

 Enkentric Hospital ; "Medico-Entomology ; " Stings by Polistes 

 and Xylocopa ; Larva of Hypoderma in a child (Ent. News). 

 These show evidence of the observing physician as well as the 

 careful naturalist. But our departed colleague will be best re- 

 membered by his valuable papers published in the " Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Soc. ." the most important of which were "Catalogue of 

 the Coleoptera Common to North America, Northern Asia and 

 Europe, with the Distribution and Bibliography" (1889). Sec- 

 ond edition of the same (1894). " Catalogue of the Coleoptera 

 of Alaska, with the Synonymy and Distribution " (1894). "Cata- 

 logue of the Coleoptera of southwestern Pennsylvania with Notes 

 and Descriptions" (1895). " The Lamiinae of North America," 

 in which he was associated with Chas. W. Leng as author. His 

 contributions to science will number upwards of seventy-five im- 

 portant papers. Dr. Hamilton will be sadly missed by the ento- 

 mological world. He left a fine collection of Coleoptera.* 



* We are indebted to the Rev. D. B. Willsoii, D.D., for the facts in regard to Dr. Hamil- 

 ton's life. 



