220 Mr. Otto Meske's Collection of Lepidoptera. 



tree in the capitol park of our city, and now bearing the 

 name of Catocala Meskei. 



In conclusion, I would commend this collection, imper- 

 fectly represented in these few cases, as one in which, as 

 citizens of Albany, and especially as members of the 

 Albany Institute, we may feel an honest pride. It is a 

 valuable contribution to science, made in a modest and 

 unobtrusive way, by an enthusiastic naturalist — one of our 

 own number. And that enthusiasm which can find in the 

 study of nature so keen and pure a delight, as to be supe- 

 rior to the sordid pursuit of gain, is deserving of our 

 profound respect, of our reverence, whether it be displayed 

 in the calculation of a planet's orbit, or in the study of an 

 insect's wing. 



