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in the field was at Clifton, N. J., when lunch time arrived soon 

 after we had reached the collecting grounds and the sad news was 

 broken that the only fluid obtainable was water. The disgust and 

 grief of Fuchs were extreme, but short-lived, for his thoughtful 

 spouse had taken the precaution before leaving home of attaching 

 a number of bottles containing his favorite liquid refreshment by 

 cords to a belt about her waist, the whole arrangement having 

 been concealed until the critical moment, by the ample folds in 

 her frock. 



The connection of Fuchs with the Brooklyn Entomological 

 Society in its early years and with the publication of the first 

 volume of the Bulletin was important and of the greatest value 

 to the Society. In view of the small number of articles that are 

 signed with his name, the part that he took in establishing the 

 Bulletin is not self-evident, but to those whose memory runs 

 back far enough, it is well known that it was his enthusiasm and 

 business capacity that supplied much of its successful inception 

 and vigorous growth. Schaupp was the editor and partly the 

 author of the papers on Coleoptera. Graef and Tepper supplied 

 the papers on Lepidoptera. Schmelter and Gissler supplied shorter 

 papers on their own specialties. Merkel may have occasionally 

 supplied financial assistance and Luetgens the bibliography and 

 the wholesome criticism that was often necessary. Fuchs through- 

 out those early years helped Schaupp with everything that he was 

 attempting, supplied in the person of his relative Gustav Fuchs, 

 a recording secretary for the Society, and injected into all the 

 proceedings a hopeful enthusiasm that was contagious. Eight 

 in all, all Germans, worked at the making of the first volume of 

 the Bulletin, each strong in his own department, and all encour- 

 aged and pushed forward by the buoyant nature of Charles Fuchs. 



I think it was in 1884 that Fuchs went to San Francisco via 

 Panama and soon after his arrival there his friends in the east 

 began to receive splendid consignments of California beetles. 

 The beauty of his workmanship, especially in connection with the 

 smaller specimens that were mounted on points, was remarkable 

 in view of his bulk and apparent heaviness of touch. No one 

 ever received a specimen from him that was not absolutely per- 

 fect. It was about this time that he began to make his collection 



