1 i EEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOL OGICAL SECTION 
OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 
NOVEMBER, 1908. No. 9. 
CONTENTS: 
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eS Dr. Wm. H. Ashmead. 
m Harris Ashmead died in Washington, D. C., Octo- 
ae ceed fifty-three years. He was descended from an 
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mg tiphia family and was born in that city September 
p_ His father was Captain Albert S. Ashmead and his 
h (Graham). Educated in private and public 
| tecaived the degree of A. M. from the Florida 
ita eeieee i in 1901, and the honorary degree of D. 
= Western University of Pennsylvania the same 
le in Philadelphia he was with the large publishing 
ay B. Lippincott & Company, which he left in 1876 
8 brother established a publishing house in Jackson- 
da. They specialized in agricultural books and pub- 
a lished dar Seitienteural weekly journal and a daily paper. Dr. 
d ead | edited the scientific department of the weekly, devot- 
: Ai nself chiefly to the investigation of injurious insects. 
| excellent work attracted attention, and in 1887 he was 
e special field entomologist of the United States Depart- 
. howe nt tof Agriculture. From this time his career as an ento- 
 mok ‘was rapid and he occupied the following positions: 
4 mologist, Florida State Agric. College (1888), Lake City, 
‘Florida ; Assistant Entomologist and Investigator, U. S. Dept. 
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