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them the Hylurgidae, ignoring the noble name given by Geof- 

 froy, just as the European authors are at present trying to 

 substitute unlawfully the name Ipidse, from DeGeer, a name 

 sunk, as Ips was also a genus, in another family set up by 

 Fabricius. Leconte edited and added to the Scolytid mono- 

 graph. Zimmermann lived long enough to include the material 

 in the family described by Eichhoff in Berlin in 1867. Zim- 

 mermann has 35 species in our checklist. 



Of the correspondence with the Melsheimer family, letters 

 are extant dated 1835. Then letters and specimens were ex- 

 changed with Dr. F. E. Melsheimer at Hanover, Pa. It may be 

 remembered that Rev. F. V. Melsheimer published a catalogue 

 of the beetles of Pennsylvania in 1806. Had its publication 

 been delayed a year, it would have been a useful document. 

 Dr. Enoch, of Brunswick, Germany, to whom a vast deal of 

 material had been sent for identification, was slow in respond- 

 ing and the booklet went to press without his aid. As it is, 

 only 240 species mentioned have been clearly identified. The 

 collection made by this country clergyman was inherited by his 

 oldest son, J. F. Melsheimer, who also inherited his pastorate at 

 Hanover, Pa. This member of the family is the one to whom , 

 constant reference is made in Say's writings. About 1821 

 some of Say's admirers in Philadelphia, wishing to raise money 

 for him without hurting his pride, proposed that he prepare a 

 catalogue of the described beetles of the United States, to be 

 finished within one year. Say refused, knowing that the time 

 was too short, and preferring, as well, to devote his own time to 

 the description of new species. Nevertheless he realized that 

 the project was of great importance, although beyond his 

 power. He wrote about it to both Melsheimer and Harris, pro- 

 posing that both should keep all records toward this end. 

 Melsheimer did. A friend. Rev. Daniel Ziegler, had a pastor- 

 ate at York, 18 miles away. He was also a German, and he 

 joined in the catalogue project with enthusiasm. He pub- 

 lished but one paper, in the Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 describing 86 new species. His collection and manuscripts 

 descended to the younger Melsheimer, for the older brother 

 was short lived. Dr. Franz Ernst Melsheimer was a man of no 

 mean attainments. He kept up the catalogue for many years 

 and in 1842 was elected first president of the Entomological So- 



