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larly Lepidoptera. In former years his favorite study was Botany, 

 and he ranked as one of the foremost botanists in the country. 

 Much has been contributed by him on this subject to literature, 

 and his collection of plants is regarded as the best in New Jersey, 

 and with but few equals in the United States. His collection of 

 Lepidoptera ranks very nearly the finest in America, and contains 

 many beautiful and rare exotics not represented in other collec- 

 tions, as well as many exceedingly valuable native species. The 

 collection is contained in about ten large cabinets all fashioned 

 after the plan devised by himself. In the death of Mr. Martin- 

 dale the Academy loses a most efficient member and a trustworthy 

 officer. He was for sixteen years a member, and during part of 

 the time was most active as Chairman of the Finance Committee. 

 At the time of his death he was Treasurer of the Academy and 

 Vice-Director of the Entomological Section. He was also a 

 member of the American Philosophical Society, the Botanical 

 Club, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Entomo- 

 logical Society "Iris" in Dresden, Germany. He was in the 

 banking business, and was cashier of the Camden National Bank. 

 He frequently made interesting communications on entomological 

 subjects before the Entomological Section of the Academy, but 

 wrote comparatively little on Entomology, his principal contri- 

 butions being in Entomological News, vol. i, p. 126, and 

 "Canadian Entomologist," vol. xxiii, p. 174. Had he lived 

 longer his services to Entomology would undoubtedly have been 

 great, as he was a most enthusiastic and untiring worker, and 

 what he has done in such a short time showed what he would 

 have accomplished had he not been stricken at the comparatively 

 early age of fifty years. He will be sadly missed by his friends 

 and fellow members of the Academy and Entomological Section. 

 He leaves a widow, a daughter and t\vo sons. 



Mr. William BEUTENMULLER,,of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, Central Park, New York, is writing a monograph of the Lepid- 

 opterous family Aegeridae, to be illustrated by colored plates, and he is 

 desirous of receiving material and information on the subject. 



