3o6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [December, 



nations. He was for a time assistant State Entomologist, and 

 would probably have been State Entomologist, but he was no 

 politician, and politics prevail. He was closely connected in his 

 work with the Smithsonian Institution, and also with scientific 

 societies in Philadelphia and New York. His degree of Master 

 of Arts was given him by the University of Chicago after an 

 examination. His papers on entomological subjects published in 

 the " Proceedings" and in the " Transactions" of the American 

 Entomological Society were as follows: 



Description of the Imago and Larva of a New Species of 

 Chrysopa (1865); Description of a New Species of Aleyrodes; 

 Description of a New Species of Cecidomyia; On a New Genus 

 of Aphidae; Notes on the Apple Bark Louse {Lepidosaphes con- 

 chiformis), with a Description of a supposed new Acarus (1867); 

 Descriptions of two Acarians bred from White Maple; Notes on 

 Chermes pinicorticis (white pine louse); A Summer's Study of 

 the Hickory Galls, with Descriptions of supposed New Species 

 bred therefrom (1868). 



Doctor Shimer was always deeply interested in educational 

 affairs, and frequently gave expression to the wish that he might 

 have a part in carrying on the work of education after his death. 

 This he has forcibly shown in a practical way, and also his un- 

 bounded confidence in Mrs. Shimer, in that he has left his prop- 

 erty to her for use in this way as she may deem most advisable. 

 He had published as his opinion that a man should be buried 

 where he has lived, where he has done his work, and where he 

 would be longest remembered, for he wrote: 



"We cherish life — we would not die. 

 We long to live in memory still ; 

 We dread oblivion, that is why 

 You'll bury me on yonder hill." 



(We are indebted for this abstract to one of Dr. Shimer's 

 friends, J. P. Philips, who has published an interesting biography 

 of the doctor.) 



The journal known as "Texas Farm and Ranch," has made arrange- 

 ments with Prof. F. W. Mally, of Hulen, Texas, to conduct a Department 

 of Entomology and Fungus Diseases, commencing in the number for Oct. 

 19th. "The national reputation of Prof Mally and his special study of 

 ihe insect pests and fungus diseases of the Southwest will inspire confi- 

 <lence in his work and undoubtedly prove beneficial to farmers and horti- 

 culturists." 



