1895.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. I95 



Doings of Societies. 



Philadelphia, May 14, 1895. 



A stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held at the 

 residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, No. 1509 S. 13th St. Members present: 

 Messrs. Bland, Fox, H. W. Wenzel, Laurent, Trescher, E. Wenzel, 

 Johnson, Boerner, Schmitz, Drs. Castle and Griffith. Honorary members: 

 Prof. J. B. Smith and Dr. Henry Skinner. Visitor : Mr. W. J. Gerhard. 

 Meeting called to order 8.50 p.m., President Bland in the chair. Com- 

 mittee on Photograph reported progress, Mr. Wenzel exhibiting a photo- 

 graph of the late Mr. Seeber, which was obtained from one of the Social's 

 group pictures. 



Committee on Resolutions presented the following which was approved 

 "The Feldman Collecting Social having heard with deep sorrow of the 

 death of C. Ernst Seeber, one of its oldest and most assiduous members 

 and former vice-president, be it 



Resolved, that it is the sense of this meeting that in the death of our 

 fellow-member and co-laborer, entomology has lost a devoted follower, 

 one whose memory will ever be revered by his associates, who mourn 

 his loss deeply; and that a record of these resolutions be made on our 

 minutes, and a transcript be forwarded to the family of the deceased, as 

 a mark of sympathy in its bereavement. 



H. W. Wenzel, ) 



D. M. Castle, M. D., |- Committee. 



Wm. J. Fox, j 



The committee also presented a memoir on the life of Mr. Seeber, 

 which was read by Mr. Wenzel, and on motion the committee was in- 

 structed to have the photograph and memoir published in the columns 

 of the Entomological News. 



In the death of C. Ernst Seeber, March 28, 1895, entomology, particularly 

 local entomology, loses one of its most arduous followers. Mr. Seeber 

 was born in Gschwend Gaildorf, Wiirtenburg, Germany, Dec. 21, 1833, 

 and graduated from the high school at Crailsheim. He learned his trade 

 at Backnang, in the same province, where he also took a course in sur- 

 gery. From Backnang he went to Stuttgart, where he held a position 

 from 1850 to 1853. In the latter year he came to the United States, re- 

 siding at Trenton, N. J., until 1855, when he came to Philadelphia and 

 started in business. He soon became acquainted with some of the local 

 collectors, and was elected a member of the American Entomological 

 Society in August, 1862. 



From boyhood up to the time of his death, entomology was his favorite 

 pursuit, although averse to prominence in the literary field and in sys- 

 tematic work, a fact which is fully attested by the absence of his name 

 from among the contributors to our entomological Journals, and in conse- 



