48 Psyche [June-Sept. 
were enormous, and he kept them up quite literally to the 
last day of his life. 
Among the traits which qualified Mr. Fall for his work 
was his excellent memory. It is stated on good authority 
that he knew the old Henshaw List of 11,000 numbered 
names so well that, with no conscious memorizing, he was 
able to give from memory the serial number of practically 
every species on the list, and the name which went with 
. practically every number. 
All in all, Mr. Fall knew the whole of the Coleoptera of 
America north of Mexico as few persons have known them, 
and as few will ever know them in this age of increasing 
specialization. His knowledge and his work entitle him to 
stand in the direct line of succession of First Coleopterists of 
America: Leconte, Horn, and Fall. 
Of course, his worth did not go unrecognized. He was a 
fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of 
Science (1927) and a fellow of the American Academy of 
Arts and Sciences (1930) . He was one of the sixteen United 
States entomologists made members of the Permanent Com- 
mittee of the International Congress of Entomology at its 
first meeting, at Brussels, in 1910. He was one of the founders 
of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, temporary presi- 
dent at its first meeting, and later vice-president. And he 
belonged to several other entomological societies. In 1929 
he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from 
Dartmouth College. The degree was richly deserved, but at 
the same time was quite unnecessary to enhance his reputa- 
tion. He was already known and respected throughout the 
entomological world as “Mr. Fall”, and it is by that familiar 
name that I have called him here. Under that name he earned 
the titles given him by various persons since his death: 
“beloved teacher”, “friend”, and “our most eminent worker 
on North American Coleoptera”. 
Philip J. Darlington, Jr. 
Bibliography of Henry Clinton Fall 
1893 California notes. Ent. News 4, 235 (Sept., 1893). 
1894 Collecting in the Sierras of S. California. Ent. News 5, 97-101 
(Apr., 1894). 
