396 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., ’08 
SIMON H. M. SEIS 
It is with the deepest regret that we record the death of 
Simon H. M. Seib, of Jersey City, who died at his home on 
August 27th. Mr. Seib was an ardent collector and breeder 
of Lepidoptera who took great pains in mounting his speci- 
-mens. He was one of the original members of the Newark 
Entomological Society ; was its first president and held the 
office of treasurer at the time of his death. 
MONSIEUR P. A. P. FINOT. 
In the death of Monsieur Pierre Adrien Prosper Finot, sys- 
tematic entomological science has lost one of its most devoted 
adherents. He was “Chevalier de la légion d’honneur” and 
“Capitaine d’état major en retraite.’ A most befitting tribute 
to his memory printed by his relatives in the form of a memor- 
iam has been sent out to his correspondents in foreign lands. 
Monsieur Finot was 70 years old at the time of his death, April 
14, 1908, and he lived at Fontainebleau, 27 Rue Saint-Honore. 
His published papers were mostly devoted to Orthoptera. His 
monographs were prepared with painstaking care and were 
often embellished with exquisite drawings made by his own 
hand. His plates and figures were works of art, showing a 
great refinement of the art sense as well as close devotion to his 
subject. 
He will be remembered more, perhaps, by his well-known 
monograph on the Orthoptera of France, which is a model 
of its kind, though his other works are none the less valuable 
contributions to Orthopteran literature. He was always kindly 
and courteous toward correspondents, and his letters indicate a 
man of sympathetic scientific feeling. 
J. L. Hancock. 
Biological Experiment Crcuaille Lakeside, Berrien 
Co., Michigan, July oth, 1908. 
PROF. GUSTAV MAYR. 
Professor Dr. Gustav Mayr, the distinguished Hymenopterist 
and special student of the Formicide, died July 14th, 1908, at 
his home in Vienna, after a prolonged illness, in his 78th year. 
