4*5 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '13 



IN MEMORIAM. 



Frederick Blanchard. 



(Portrait, PI. II) 



PVederick Blanchard, well known to students of the Coleop- 

 tera of North America, and dearly loved by all of us who 

 knew him, died at his late home in Tyngsboro, Mass., on No- 

 vember 2, 1 91 2. 



He was the son of Cornelius Blanchard and Sarah Sher- 

 burne Blanchard and was born August 20, 1843, at Lowell, 

 Mass, He was engaged in the banking business at Lowell 

 from boyhood until his retirement about twelve years ago, at 

 which time he had been cashier of the Prescott National Bank 

 of Lowell for several years. 



On the last day of the year 1874 he married Martha Louise 

 Dow, of Exeter, N. H., who survives him. They had no chil- 

 dren but adopted a son, George, who was drowned when 24 

 years of age, in March, 1904. 



Mr. Blanchard was a loyal citizen of his township and ac- 

 tive in promoting its welfare. He was treasurer of the Village 

 Improvement Association of Tyngsboro for many years, and 

 he was also much interested in the Littlefield Public Library, 

 to which he made a bequest of $2000. 



The magnetic personality of this man at once asserted itself 

 in his delightful letters. These letters, imparting without re- 

 serve all his rich fund of entomological and other knowledge 

 on every subject of discussion, and full of helpful suggestions 

 and keen observations, soon came to be awaited with eager 

 expectation, and were enjoyed with the greatest satisfaction. 

 For he was a man who entered with enthusiasm into the in- 

 terests of his friends and correspondents, and assisted them 

 in their studies in every possible way, whatever the genus, or 

 family, or group which might be the subject of their investi- 

 gations. 



His letters were in fact the principal medium of making 



