February, ’20] 
OBITUARY 
153 
Obituary 
MARIA E. FERNALD 
u A Catalogue of the Coccidse of the World,” published as Bulletin 
88 of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural 
College, with its 360 pages of technical names and citations, is a most 
fitting memorial of the scientific activities of Mrs. Fernald, who was 
gathered home October 6, 1919, having been permitted to live for a full 
four score years. Many of the entomologists trained at the Massa¬ 
chusetts Agricultural College will remember the cosy home on Hallock 
Street, a delightful center for both social and scientific activities. 
Mrs. Fernald was born at Monmouth, Maine, May 24, 1839, the 
daughter of Ebenezer and Betsy (Torsey) Smith. She was gradu¬ 
ated from the first class of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Female 
College, Kent’s Hill, Maine, where she afterwards served as precep¬ 
tress. She was married to her talented husband, Charles H. Fernald, 
August 24, 1862, and the couple lived in Litchfield, Houlton and Orono, 
Maine, before coming to Amherst in 1886. 
Mrs. Fernald was deeply interested in scientific work and in the 
late seventies began a card catalogue of the Tortricidse which became 
so useful that it was later extended to include all insects and one sec¬ 
tion was developed into the catalogue of the Coccidse named above. 
This was only a portion of Mrs. Fernald’s activities. She was a mem¬ 
ber of the Amherst Woman’s Club, and took an active part in the 
social life of both the community and college. She is survived by 
her husband, Professor Charles H. Fernald; her son, Professor H. T. 
Fernald, and three grandchildren. E. P. F. 
Current Notes 
Conducted by the Associate Editor 
Mr. Grover C. Matthews has been appointed assistant professor in beekeeping 
at the University of Minnesota. 
Mr. John R. Eyer has been appointed instructor in economic entomology in the 
Pennsylvania State College. 
Mr. George B. Newman has been appointed assistant in entomology at Purdue 
University and the Indiana Station. 
The Ontario County (N. Y.) Beekeepers’ Association arranged to hold a convention 
at Canandaigua, N. Y., on January 13. 
Mr. W. E. Jackson, assistant entomologist of the Texas College and Station, has 
resigned to enter commercial work. 
