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de: ored to render it of practical service to the 
lc of his state. For several years, during the chinch bug 
of Kansas, he labored heroically to aid the farmers 
extremity. However much question there may be 
the practical effects of his labors there can be none 
r his devotion and singleness of purpose toward the 
¢ of those into whose service he thus entered. Many are 
their belief of personal indebtedness to Doctor Snow 
assistance in their time of trouble. 
more might be said of this excellent man, but it would 
¢ of the same kind and tenor. He was one of Nature's 
i tarnest, sincere and devoted; full of optimism, 
; ome and courage. He lived a life of simple earnestness 
and hundreds of devoted students have felt and acknowledged 
its influence for good. The University of Kansas honored 
_ itself by formal memorial services devoted to his memory on 
_ November 10, at which time his old friends and students spoke 
— of his services to science and to the state. 
C. E. McCune. 
4 : “Two new species of the genus Phthiracarus. 
By H. E. Ewrne, Urbana, IIL. 
‘ “The genus Phthiracarus is one of the two genera which 
a the subfamily Hoploderminae, of the family Ori- 
batidae. The members of the subfamily Hoploderminae are 
of their small predaceous enemies. Up to the present time 
only four species of the genus Phthiracarus have been recorded 
from North America, the two described in this article making 
' six known to this country. The writer is indebted to Mr. 
oS al for the collecting of one of the species. 
