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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION, 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. VI. MARCH, 1895. No. 3. 



CONTENTS 



Neumoegen, Berthold 65 I Economic Entomologj- 83 



Ashlon— Ignorance of the knowledge of 



Entomology in the year of 1853 -67 



Hulst— North American Geometrina in 



European collections 70 



Bruce — High mountain moths 73 



Ottolengui— Aberration, variety, race 



and form 77 



Webster — Thomas Say 80 



Editorial 82 



Notes and News 87 



Entomological Literature 89 



Doings of Societies 93 



Entomological Section 94 



Dyar — Preparatory stages of Phlege- 



thontius cingulata 95 



Brendel — The compound eye 97 



Dvar — Larva of Orneodes loo 



BERTHOLD NEUMOEGEN. 



Mr. Neumoegen died at his home, in New York, on January 

 2ist of consumption, hastened by an attack of grip. His suffer- 

 ing during the last two weeks of his life was very great, and he 

 looked upon death as a relief. He was born at Frankfort, on the 

 Main, Germany, Nov. 19, 1845. He received a very good edu- 

 cation, and his friends and schoolmates always spoke of him as 

 one of the brightest of boys. He was a great linguist, speaking 

 five or six languages fluently, and never tired of discoursing on 

 his favorite subject — Lepidoptera. When a small child his greatest 

 pleasure was to run in the fields with his butterfly net and catch 

 his beloved insects. He began his collection about twenty- one 

 years ago little dreaming of the extent to which it was destined 

 to grow, but his love and enthusiasm increased every day, and 

 he really added to his collection until the very last day of his life. 

 His love for the butterflies was so great that, when working in 

 his room with his assistant Mr. Doll, he would forget all about 

 his illness and every other trouble and was really happy. One 

 of Mr. Neumoegen' s characteristics was his extreme liberality 

 in allowing students to study the rich material in his magnificent 

 collection, and as a consequence it contains many valuable types 



