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November-December i8S3.1 ps rck?E. 115
PSYCHE.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., N0V.-DEC., 1883.
ing Demerara for the purchase of sugar-cane for government experiment, -studying the habits of the cotton and orange insects, of which little had then been written, besides employing his time in other ways. The re- sults of these investigations, as published in the reports of the Patent office from 1854 to 1858, are already well known to entorno- logists. Just prior to the war, Mr. Glover accepted a professorship in the Maryland agricultural college, where his great work on entomology was begun, he having pre-
viously learned engraving of Mr. Gavitt, of Albany, with this object in view.
Upon the
it reviewed la PSYCHE.
formation of the present United States De- Faf rates of sthtrifticn andcf udwrti'stng,s~ud- partment of agriculture, he was appointed its ~ertisimg cdufsns. first entomologist, which position he held until the spring of 1878, when ill-health com- pelled him to rest from his labors.
TOWNEND GLOVER.
An observer contemporaneous with Harris, his first writings appeared in the Cultivator Born Aug. 1812, in Rio Se Janeiro, Brazil- and similar journals of the time, though the Died 7 Sept- 1883, in Baltimore, Maryland. great mass of his notes of investigation and observation were never given to the world, Among the recent deaths of naturalists but remained locked in his work on American we have now to chronicle that of Professor entomology, which he had hoped to complete Townend Glover, which occurred in Baiti- and publish in his life-time. His "work."
more, Maryland, 7 September 1883, at the was his dream, nnd here for years he accumu- residence of his adopted daughter, Mrs.
Daniel Hopper.
Prof. Glover was born of English parents, at Rio de Janeiro, on the 11th (or 12th) of August 1812, and consequently at the time of his death was in his &eventy-second year. He received his early education in England, completing his studies in Germany, after which his roving disposition brought him to North America, where, for a time, his horee, his rod or gun were almost constant compan- ions. After marriage he settled at Fishkill- on-the-Hudson, devoting himself to amateur gardening and horticulture, and it was here that his tastes for entomology were develop- ed. About 1853 he became connected with
the Bureau of agriculture, then a division of the United States Patent office, spending sev- eral years in the south, - at one time visit- lated a. mass of interesting facts, the publica- tion of which, as discovered, would have made his name as an observer great indeed. Some of these facts have been given to the world in his published reports as United States entomologist, but the majority were withheld from publication, - awaiting the completion of his work - until, from time to time, many of his interesting discoveries were re-discovered and published by the
army of careful observers who have come
after him, and
the credit has thereby been
lost to him.
Perhaps it was his over consci-
entiousness which kept him from "rushing into print," for he often underrated his own judgment in citing the histories of insects he had carefully reared and observed, rather preferring to give the experience of another with full credit, than to use his own material.



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116 ~ . ! ? ~ ~ ~ ~ . [November-December 1333. Susceptible to the world's praise, he shrank from its censure, which alone may be given as a reason for his never having named a species, or, to use his own words, helped to mix up the nomenclature.
Of his labors only those who were inti-
mately associated with him will ever know how untiring and persistent-even methodi- cally so-were his efforts. For years, all the available moments of daylight, "out of office hours," were given to engraving the copper plates ; the evenings were devoted to writing, while into that uncertain limit 'twixt bed- time and the time for blowing out the candle, were crowded all his mental recreation,
reviewing of new books, reading the maga- zines and the Herald, or, sometimes, even a popular novel.
Whether his work will ever be given to the world or not, in its entirety-despite the efforts of some to belittle it-it is simply a colossal encyclopaedia of American entomol- ogy, comprising names, derivations from the Latin or Greek, and synonyms of thousands of species of insects, with histories, food- plants, remedies, habitat, etcl., a library in itself, complete in detail, and comprehensive in inception to a wonderful degree. It is now in the possession of the United States government, and its great size will doubtless be the chief obstacle in the way of its publi- cation.
CHARLES RICHARDS DODGE.
The complete set of illustrations comprises 273 quarto plates with 6179 figures, engraved on copper and covering the following subjects :-
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Plates. Figures.
Lepidoptera .. - 138 2634
Coleoptera
49 1627
Diptera
13 520
Hemiptera
16 464
Hymenoptera 0 346
Orthoptera
18 28 I
Neuroptera
7 O2
Cotton and its insects 32 215
Only 15 complete copies (author's proofs) of the work are in existence, six of which are in Europe and nine in this country. In general not more than so copies of any work were printed, the text being litho- graphed from the author's manuscript.
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.
CAMBRIDGE ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB.
13 APRIL 1883.-The 92nd
meeting of the
Club was held at 19 Brattle
Square, Cam-
bridge, 13 April 1883.
In the absence of the
President, Mr. Hayward was chosen Chair- man. Five members were present.
Mr. S. H. Scudder showed a collection of colored figures of North American coleo- ptera, hymenoptera and diptera, drawn by Maj. LeConte, and now belonging to Dr. J. L, LeConte.
Mr. G. Dimmock read a paper on "The
cocoons of Cionns scro$kuIariae." The co- coons of this European species of curculioni- dae imitate the fruit of Scrofihiilaria nodosa. A sprig of Scro'phularia, with cocoons of Ciomis upon it, was shown. [The paper will appear in Psyche, v. 3.1
Mr. S. H. Scudder called attention to B. N. Peach's paper, entitled, "On some fossil myriapods from the lower old red sandstone of Forfarshire" (Proc. Roy. phys. soc-
[Edinb.], 1881-1882, p. 177-188, pi. 2) in which two fossil myriapods from the devonian of Scotland are described. These two myria- pods (Ka~n$eca~i.s forfarensis and Archide.+ mus ?mzcnicoli) are probably the oldest insects known.
WE HAVE received the first seven numeros of the Practical ?zat?~ralist, a monthly which Ward and Riley have started at Bradford, England. It consists of twelve octavo pages monthly, neatly printed and in a tasty cover, at the remarkably low price of' IS. 6d. [37&c.] (postpaid) to the United States, or Canada. The publication is "devoted to the assistance and encouragement of lovers of nature," and contains interesting original notes on ento- mological subjects. The editors ought, how- ever, to exercise more care in proof-reading. The International news company, of New
York, are American agents for the sale of this paper.




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