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of the genera of the whole world, trying to get at least one speci- 

 men to exhibit the characters of the genus. His correspondence 

 is filled with allusions to this, his favorite topic, which in the 

 sixties he attacked with the enthusiasm of a boy. As a corre- 

 spondent he was curiously irregular, months or even years pass- 

 ing sometimes without a reply to a letter, but the spirit of help- 

 fulness was always present. When I was writing my paper on 

 Cicindelidae I had the choicest part of Fuchs' collection in my 

 hands, including all his Omus and all the Omus he could borrow, 

 besides the types of Schaupp's species, which by that time had 

 passed into his possession. One had only to ask and if he had 

 the specimen wanted or could get it, Fuchs would always prove 

 a willing friend. 



Only once in his later life did I see him personally, when about 

 ten years ago he re-visited New York. The meeting was in the 

 Imperial Hotel, on Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., and the great 

 German, with his bushy hair and beard grizzled with age, put his 

 arms about my neck and embraced the one who was a boy when 

 he left New York.' All who were present at that meeting will 

 recall the boyish enthusiasm that made the old man so remark- 

 able. Years had brought no noticeable slackening of the pace, 

 no hesitation in action, speech or thought ; except for the gray 

 hair it was the same Fuchs that had been a leader among the 

 founders of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Tears, it is 

 true, came to his eyes, as we recalled the names of those who 

 had passed away, but they did not stay long, for his thoughts 

 were not in the past but looking forward to the years to come and 

 the things that he still hoped to accomplish. He was a man of 

 unusual vitality and personal magnetism, to whom hope and con- 

 tent were given in the fullest measure. 



SHORT STUDIES IN GEOMETRID^. 



By Richard F. Pearsall, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



(Gypsochroa designata Huf.) — The genus Gypsochroa Hub. is 

 not applicable to any group of Hydriomenae, as already noted by 

 Mr. Prout (Genera Ins., Fasc, 104 p. 71), where he places it in 



