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F. C. Pratt
Among Pratt’s publications was The Principal Cactus Insects of the United States, 1912, USDA, Bureau of Entomology, with W. D. Hunter and J. D. Mitchell. (See cover right.) This publication was issued after Pratt’s death. Pratt was primarily an entomologist, but he did collect cactus specimens as part of his work.
From a review of his work, it appears that much of his research in the west was conducted along the major railroad lines.
The notes of J. N. Rose indicate that at some point he was reviewing specimens collected by Pratt in Deming, during May 1909. (Excerpts from Rose’s notebook shown below.)
His collections are noted in a variety of works; for instance, it is noted that he collected a variety of mosquito species in Notes on the Mosquitoes of the United States, 1900, L. O. Howard, USDA, Div. of Entomology.
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