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and four new genera. This was followed by two other papers on new- 

 species of North American Scarabaeidae and Cerambycidae. Several other 

 important contributions of like nature were completed, seven of which 

 remain to be published. A considerable proportion of Mr. Linell's official 

 duties at the Museum was devoted to the determination of material, for 

 the Museum and for correspondents, and in consequence he acquired an 

 intimate knowledge of the system of classification of all orders. All of 

 his published papers were upon the subject of the Coleoptera, but at one 

 time he not only contemplated the .'^tudy of the Diptera, but had actually 

 begun synoptic and descriptive work in the Tachinidte and Hippoboscida;, 

 which work was abandoned when Mr. Coquillett came to Washington to 

 make a special study of the order. His first manuscripts in descriptive 

 work in both Diptera and Coleoptera were drawn up entirely in Latin. 



Personally, Mr. Linell was of an exceptionally un.- elfish disposition, 

 devoid of envy or jealousy of his fellow-workers, and being modest and 

 retiring, with little taste for social pleasures, his entire being was con- 

 centrated in the study of Nature and of books. He was a great reader, 

 even outside his chosen specialty, and was remarkable for his proficiency 

 in languages, which was of inestimable value in his studies and to his 

 brother scientists who had frequently to avail themselves of his know- 

 ledge. He appeared to be endowed with unlimited patience and with a 

 singular capacity for what to others would be deemed mere drudgery, 

 and it is doubtful if his equal could be found for the routine of work that 

 was his lot for so many years. His premature death is the more to be 

 regretted as he had practically only begun the publication of the results 

 of his life work. He was an indefatigable worker, and had his life been 

 spared his name would have been placed ni the first rank of the system- 

 atists of his day. Two daughters are left to mourn his loss. — [F. H. C] 



Entomological News for May was mailed April 30, 1897. 



