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Viereck's family Labenidae with the description of a new species of Apecho- 

 neura. 10, xxii, 76-80. Jordan, H. E. — Studies on striped muscle struc- 

 ture VI. The comparative histology of the leg and wing muscle of the 

 wasp. (Amer. Jour. Anatomy, xxvii, 1-66.) Spooner, C. S. — A note on 

 the mouth parts of the Aradidae. 7, xiii, 121-2. 



Bequaert, J. — Hymenoptera collected near Boston, Mass., with de- 

 scription of a variety of Bombus affinis. 5, xxvii, 6-12. Cockerell, 

 T. D. A. — The bees of Peaceful Valley, Colorado. 6, xxvii, 298-300. 

 Fouts, R. M. — Some new parasites with remarks on the genus Platy- 

 gaster. 10, xxii, 61-72. MacGillivray, A. D. — Two new species of 

 Platycampus (Tenthredinidae). 4, Hi, 59-61. Timberlake, P, H. — 

 (See under Coleoptera.) 



Obituary 



The State Gazette of Trenton, New Jersey, for April 19, 

 1920, recorded the death of Franklin Dye on April 18, at 

 Trenton, at the age of 84 years, after a brief illness. A very 

 good account was given in this paper, of Mr. Dye's activities 

 and public services while secretary of the New Jersey State 

 Board of Agriculture from 1887 to 1916. From 1916 until 

 his death he was Chief of the Bureau of Statistics and Inspec- 

 tion in the New Jersey State Department of Agriculture. 

 While secretary, Mr. Dye was responsible for the first official 

 document on entomology published by the state of New 

 Jersey. This appeared in the 15th Annual Report of the 

 New Jersey State Board of Agriculture, 1887, pp. 485-535, 

 and consisted of material taken from Riley's "General Truths 

 in Applied Entomology'," which Mr. Dye assembled as being 

 of interest to New Jersey farmers and fruit growers. This 

 account appeared under Prof. Riley's name. Late in 1887, 

 the first state entomologist. Rev. George D. Hulst, was ap- 

 pointed. He resigned the following year, 1888, and was 

 succeeded by Dr. John B. Smith during the same year. While 

 Mr. Dye apparently published no papers on entomology', he 

 was interested in its economic side and recognized its impor- 

 tance. During his long years of service he did all that he 

 could to advance such work in New Jersey. 



Harry B. Weiss, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 



