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HiR: I liavr tho honor to submit for jmblicjitioti tin- nillowiii;; drscrlp- 

 tivo piiprrs on Myiiiipoilii by tlir liitc ('. II. Ilolbiiiiii, of hlooininj^toii, 

 1 11(1. SoiiH' of tln'si' pjijH'is wnci left by Mr. Iloll'.iiiii apparciitly 

 n'iuly for tin- priiit«'r. TIm's*; have been (Mlif<'<l by I'rof. L. M. J'tnlcr- 

 woo<l, of Syra«'Mso I'liivrrsity, wlio lias a<l<l('<l crrtain iioti-s aiul pre- 

 pared an introdiietory review of tlie literature of the Nojth Ainerieaii 

 .Myriapods, To the nianuseiipt i)apers have be«'n added all arti«'les 

 up«ni tiie Myriapodii previously ]»ul)lishe<i '>v Mr. llollinan, as you have 

 yourself su;ij;ested the <lesirability of pre.M'iitin^ in ronipaet Ibrin, as a 

 sort of memorial, the woik don*' upon this class by one whose untimely 

 death is so re^irettcd. Mr. <). \\ Cook, of Syranise, N. V., who has 

 greatly iuteiested himself in the subjeet of the .Myriapods, has aidt'd in 

 p:ettin«; the jaiblished papers tojjether and also in sele(!tin^ sucli short 

 pai)ers as were worthy of ])ubli« ation fr<»m the mass of manuscrij)ts pur 

 chased, in <'onnertion witli Mr. ]>ollmairs <*ollection, for the National 

 Museum. 



It is tittin;;' that the .Museum should i)ublisli this series of papers, 

 because Mr. liollman based much of his work upon Museum material 

 and was generous enoujili to deposit all his tyjtes in the Musciun, so 

 tliat, toj^cther with the mateiial dei)osite<l by .Mr. I'liderwood and the 

 work done by him for the Museum, our collection in this class is one of 

 the most imi)ortant in the country. 



At the time of his death Charles Ilarvey Bollman was not yet 21 

 j'ears of ajje. lie was born in .Mononjiahela City, J)ecember 1*4, ISfJS; 

 was educated at the Cniversity of Indiana at l»loomin;iton; j^raduated 

 at this institution in the i-lassof 1889; was appointed, immediately after 

 j»Taduatiou, as an assistant in the Fish (Jonnuission, and die<l at Way 

 ('ross, (la., July 1.3, ISSIJ. He was an exceptionally bright student in 

 collejic; President David S. .Jordan considered him, as a naturalist, one 

 of the most brilliant an»l promisinjif he had ever known, and certainly 

 his jmblislied pai)ers exhibit the ability and care of a well-trained man 

 It can never cease to be a matter of ref,^ret that he did not live to carry 

 out one of his clii<'f ambitions, as expressed in correspondence, to mono- 

 graph the Myriapoda of the United States. 

 Respectfully, yours, 



C. V. Riley, 



Honornry Cnrnlor of Insects. 

 Prof. G. Brown Goode, 



Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Tnf^titution, 



In charge of National ^fuseHm. 



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