THE 



VOL. 2. 



ST. LOUIS, MO., MARCH, 1870. 



NO. 5. 



■PUBLISnED MONTHLY BY 

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.Two dollars per anmun in advance. 



CHARLES V. RILEY, Editor. 



MR. VVALSUS PORTRAIT. 



Nothing perpetuates so well the memory of a 

 departed friend as a good and life-like portrait. 

 AVe may do our best to pen a truthful sketch of 

 a man's life, and yet fall far short of conveying 

 a just and correct impression to those who 

 never saw him in tlie flesh. A good portrait, 

 however — phrenology or no plirenology — is at 

 once the mirror of a man's character, and in a 

 great measure his biography. In it the dead 

 live again to near and dear ones, and by it 

 future generations will judge a man more cor- 

 rectly. The editor takes great pleasure, there- 

 fore, in presenting the accompanying portrait of 

 Mr. Walsh, and feels that it is the best tribute he 

 has the power of paying to his departed associate. 



We are much pleased with the plate, for it 

 is a good likeness. In it the wonted humor 

 yet twinkles from those eyes which are now 

 closed forever in the quiet rest of the grave, and 

 the facetious smile yet lurks around those lips 

 which are nevermore to utter word again ! 



As a fitting accompaniment to the portrait, 

 we publish the following resolutions, from 

 among several others which we have received : 



" Pi-ocefilingn of the London, Branch of the Entoviologicul 

 Society of Canada, at a meetini/ held December 3, 18G!). 

 "The foUowins; resohitioiis were unanimously adopted : 

 "liesoh'ed. That wc, the members of this society, 

 have learned with deep rej^ret of the sudden death of 

 Bcnj. D. Walsh, Esq., State Entomologist of Illinois. 

 We have long admired his zeal and earnestness in en- 

 ileavoring to advance entomological science, ami wo 

 feel that our favorite study has lost in him one of its 

 staunchest siiijporters and advocates, and those of us 

 who had the privilege of his persomU acquaintance, a 

 warm friend. AVe tender our heartfelt sympathies to 

 his bereaved widow and friends, and assure them that 

 his labor of love, manifest iu his many valuable contri- 

 l)Utions to entomological literature, will ever be fondly 

 i-herislicd in our memories. 



•• Renvlred, That the Secretary be instructed to trans- 

 mit copies of the above resolution to the widow of the 

 late B. I>. Walsh, and also to the editors of the Ameri- 

 can Kniomologiet and Canadian Entomologist, with a 

 reciuest to insert the same in their next issues. 



"G. M. IKNES, President. 



" Ei)Mi!Ni> Baynes Reed, Sec'y and Xreas." 



' ' Extract from the Minutes of the Mteting of the American 

 Entomological Society, held January 10, 1870. 



'^liesolced, That this Society has heard with the 

 deepest regret of the great loss sustained by the science 

 of entomology, in the death of our late member, Benj, 

 D. \^'alsh of Rock Island, State Entomologist of Illinois. 



' • Reeolred, That this Society hereby testifies to the 

 great wortli and scientific attainments of the deceased, 

 whose pen was ever ready to defend, uphold and spread 

 abroad the benefits derived from the popular study and 

 knowledge of entomological science. 



" /I'eWcei/, That the Corresponding Secretary be di- 

 rected to transmit to the widow of tlie deceased a copy 

 of these resolutions, as a slight expression of the sym- 

 pathy of the Society with her in this great atflictiou . ' ' 



' ' I'reamUe and Hesolution, passed hy the Illinois State 

 Horticultural Society. 



"Whereas, We have learned with deep regret ol the 

 decease of Benj. D. Walsh, A.M., State Entomologist, 



"A'uolml, That in view of his scientific acquirements, 

 which liad secured for him a national reputation, his 

 zeal in investigation, and his practical moUe--pf com- 

 municating his discoveries, we consider ld)|^death, in 

 the vigor of intellect, as a loss to the public not likely 

 soon to be repaired Arthur Bryant, Sr., 



' ' Chairman of Committee . ' ' 



•'■Prtanihle and Resolutions passtd nnanimnushj at the An- 

 nual Meeting of the Kansas State Horticultural Society. 

 "1'reambi.e: It having pleased God to open the 

 portals of eternity, and take ft'oni the earth— the great 

 field of his usefulness— Bei^amin I>. Walsh, State Ento- 

 mologist of Illinois and senior editor of the American 

 Kntvntohigiist , it becomes our sad duty, in reverently 

 bowing to the divine behest, to admit the obligations 

 luidcr which the deceased has placed us, in common 

 with the cidturists of the West, by a patient, persever- 

 ing devotion of a lifetime to the science of entomology 

 asapplied to the iiighest material interestsof this Associa- 

 tion and the commonwealth of Kansas; therefore, be it 

 '■ litsolc'Al, That we hereby formally express the sor- 

 row inseparable from our great loss in the death of Sir. 

 Walsh, in the midst of hisgreat and increasing usefulness. 

 '• Resolved, That this preamble and resolutions be 

 spread upon the records of this Society, and that an 

 authenticated copy thereof be transmitted to the widow 

 of the deceased, and to C. V. Riley, Esq., siu-viving 

 editor of the American Entomologist. 



" (i. C. Brackett, Secretary." 



