MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU. OF ENTOMOLOGY 
q UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
Number 63, ¥ SEPTEMBER, 1918. 
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HAROLD OSCAR MARSH. 
Harold 0. Marsh died at his home, Chester, N. J., September 10, 1918. He was 
born November 6, 1885, and prior to his employment in the Federal Bureau of 
Entomology was engaged under the direction of the State Hntomologist of New 
Jersey, and later by the State Zoologist cf Pennsylvania at Harrisburg. 
Mr. Marsh was engaged as a truck-crop insect investigator for a period of 
ten years and during that time was the author of a considerable number of bulle- 
tins. He was a hard and conscientious worker and was particularly expert in 
investigations of life histories, in obtaining all stages of the insects on which 
‘he worked, and in determining the periods and the number of generations, He 
was also skillful in mounting and preparing specimens which had a bearing on his 
work and was a careful experimenter, keeping accurate records of all of his. 
investigations. - | 
. At the time he was required to take the civil service examination in economic 
entomology he secured, among a number of applicants, the highest rating. 
\He was employed at Washington, D. Ce, Browasville, Tex., in California, and in 
"Hawaii, but his principal work was on sugar-beet insects at Rocky Ford, Colo. 
‘He had temporarily resigned to take charge of his farm in New Jersey and was 
employed as a collaborator at the time of his death. 
