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Contact us at osiaref@si.edu . Creator: Ashmead, William H. (William Harris), 1855-1908 Title: William Harris Ashmead Papers Dates: circa 1895-1906 Quantity: 1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) Collection: Record Unit 7139 Language of Materials: English Summary: These papers consist of notes made by Ashmead, mostly as he undertook the generic classification of other families beyond the Proctotrypidae; some notes on the cynipoidea; miscellaneous notes and drawings; and an article and report. Historical Note William Harris Ashmead (1855-1908) was born and educated in Philadelphia. In 1879 Ashmead began to make contributions to scholarly journals. In 1887 he received an appointment as a special field agent for the Department of Agriculture, for which he worked in various capacities until 1890, when he took leave to study in Berlin. In 1895 Ashmead joined the United States National Museum, where he remained until his death. Ashmead was noted by his colleagues especially for his fierce appetite for work, which allowed him to accomplish a great deal. He was interested in systematics, economic problems, and biological aspects of the insects he studied. Ashmead is perhaps best known for his monograph on the Chalcidoidea, which earned him a doctorate from the Western University of Pennsylvania, and for another, larger study on the Proctotrypidae, though these works, impressive as they are, reflect by no means the whole breadth or extent of his studies. Top of Page Descriptive Entry These papers consist of notes made by Ashmead, mostly as he undertook the generic classification of other families beyond the Proctotrypidae; some notes on the cynipoidea; miscellaneous notes and drawings; and an article and report. Top of Page Index Terms This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places. Name Ashmead, William H. (William Harris), 1855-1908 United States. Department of Agriculture United States National Museum. Division of Insects Subject Entomology Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection Scientific illustrations Manuscripts Top of Page Administrative Information Preferred Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7139, William Harris Ashmead Papers Top of Page Container List Series 1 ARTICLES AND REPORTS Box 1 South American Cynipoidea, with descriptions of new Species. Box 1 of 1 Ashmead's Report on the Division of Coleoptera, 1906 Box 1 of 1 Series 2 RESEARCH NOTES Box 1 Family XXXV. Meiscogasterides Box 1 of 1 Family LIX. Cynipidae Box 1 of 1 Family LXV. Meiscogasterides Box 1 of 1 Family LXVII. Cleonymidae. Subfamily X Chalcedectinae Isuoform Box 1 of 1 Subfamily II. Pteromalinae. Tribe II. Pteromalini Box 1 of 1 Subfamily IV. Spalaeyiina Box 1 of 1 Subfamily VI. Lelapinae Lelops Haliday Box 1 of 1 Subfamily VII. Meiscogasterinae Box 1 of 1 Notes, Subfamily XI. Cleonyminae Box 1 of 1 Pelicinella Westwood Box 1 of 1 Subfamily Pireninae Box 1 of 1 Subfamily Tridyminae Box 1 of 1 Tribe II. Dimachini Box 1 of 1 Tribe Diparides Box 1 of 1 Tribe Sphegigastrides Box 1 of 1 A Synopsis of the Family Eurytomidae Box 1 of 1 A Synopsis of the Bramble Galls Box 1 of 1 II. A Synopsis of Rose Galls Box 1 of 1 A Synopsis of Oak Galls. Division I - Galls on the Roots Box 1 of 1 A Synopsis of Oak Galls. Division II - Galls on or in Twigs and Branches Box 1 of 1 A Synopsis of Oak Galls. Division III - Galls on the Leaves Box 1 of 1 A Synopsis of Oak Galls. Division IV - Galls on Blossoms Box 1 of 1 A Synopsis of Oak Galls. Division V - Galls on or in Acorns Box 1 of 1 A Synopsis of the Miscellaneous Galls on Compositae Solanaceae, etc. Box 1 of 1 Notes, Lioptera Perty Box 1 of 1 Japanese Cynipidae Box 1 of 1 Tetrashopala Moetschoulsky Box 1 of 1 Mnoonewa Moetschoulsky Box 1 of 1 Meuscidea Meotschoulsky Box 1 of 1 Meeronalus Walker Box 1 of 1 Isoplata Forster Box 1 of 1 Tripedias Forster Box 1 of 1 Paphagus Walker Box 1 of 1 Semiotellus Westwood Box 1 of 1 Metasterus Walker Box 1 of 1 Epicopterus Westwood Box 1 of 1 Syntasis Walker Box 1 of 1 Gasterancistrus Westwood Box 1 of 1 Tridymus Ratzeburg Box 1 of 1 Isocratus Forster Box 1 of 1 Mectacolus Forster Box 1 of 1 Dinotus Forster Box 1 of 1 Rhopalicus Forster Box 1 of 1 Stenomalus Thomson Box 1 of 1 Cecidostiba Thomson Box 1 of 1 Caenacis Forster Box 1 of 1 Aetroxysix Westwood Box 1 of 1 Holcaeus Thomson Box 1 of 1 Stinoplus Thomson Box 1 of 1 Habnocytus Thomson Box 1 of 1 Platyterma Walker Box 1 of 1 Uriella Ashmead g.n. Box 1 of 1 Miscellaneous Notes Box 1 of 1