REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I907 6l 



Appendix JS. 



LIST OF THE WILLIAM W. HILL COLLECTION OF 

 LEPIDOPTERA 



This extremely valuable addition to the State collections was 

 received through the generosity of Erastus D. Hill, Carrie J. Hill 

 Van Vleck and William W. Hill, heirs of the late William W. Hill, 

 who desired that the father's work should be maintained as a 

 permanent memorial of his labors in entomology. This collection, 

 consisting of some 10,000 species and representing over 3000 

 species, is in excellent condition. The Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, 

 Hesperidae, Sphingidae and Noctuidae are particularly well repre- 

 sented. The condition of Mr Hill's collection, and the manuscript 

 catalogue of the same, bears evidence of extreme care. 



Mr Hill published privately a List of Lepidoptcra Captured dur- 

 ing 1875 and i8'/6 in the Vicinity of Albany and in the Adirondack 

 Mountains of A'cic York as a small folder, and the late Dr J. A. 

 Lintner^ gave several more extended lists with dates of the 

 Lepidoptera taken by Mr Hill in the Adirondack region. 



It is most fitting in this connection that some further record be 

 given of Mr Hill's work and the following notice^ by Dr J. B. 

 Smith, now State Entomologist of New Jersey gives a sympathetic 

 accouut of his life : 



At Elizabethtown, Essex county, N. Y., on January 28th, 1888, 

 died William W. Hill of Albany, N. Y. This news will sadden all 

 who in any way have known Mr Hill during his lifetime, and among 

 entomologists there are few who do not know him or his work. 



Mr Hill wjis born September 19th, 1833, at Pittsfield, Mass., but 

 removed to Albany early in life, and entered the business house 

 of Nathaniel Wright, dealer in saddler's hardware, at the age of 

 fifteen. At the age of twenty he became a partner in the firm of 

 Nathaniel Wright & Co., and on the death of the senior member 

 of the firm, the business was continued under the firm name of 



1 1878 Ent. Contributions, 4:29-42. 



1880 Top. Sur. Adirondack Region N. Y. 7th Rept, p. 375-400. 



i8qi State Land Sur. Ren't, p. 191-220. 



= 1888 Smith, J. P>. Entomol-igica Americana, 3:^35-36- 



