Marc E. Epstein is Senior Insect Biosystematist for Lepidoptera at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and Research Associate at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution. He researches and writes on evolution and classification of moths and their biodiversity, and develops identification tools for moths that threaten agriculture. At the NMNH he was in the Department of Entomology (1988-2003), cofounding the Department's Archives and Illustration Archives. His research on caterpillars, including images and videos, is currently featured in the NMNH exhibit "More than Meets the Eye " and has been a guest on NPR's "Fresh Air " about his work on the book "Night Visions: the Secret Design of Moths. ".

Historians of science - especially those interested in the development of natural history, systematics, and museums - and anyone drawn to scientific biography will find much that is appealing in this accessible and engaging volume.

• PART I: PREPARATORY STAGES ; Ch. 1: The Dyars and the Hannums: An Earlier Generation ; Ch. 2: Dyar, Jr: Early Growth Stages and Development ; Ch. 3: Collecting and Rearing Lepidoptera, and Dyar's Law: 1882-1891 ; Ch. 4: Long Collecting Trips and Sawflies: 1889-1897 ; Ch. 5: Postgraduate Education: Classification of Moths and Bacteria ; Ch. 6: Genealogy of the Limacodidae and the Dyars ; Ch. 7: Last Days in New York, L.O. Howard, and a Move to the U.S. National Museum ; PART II: BEGINNING A NEW LIFE AT THE USNM AND IN WASHINGTON ; Ch. 8: Life in the District of Columbia and Wellesca Pollock ; Ch. 9: Building the National Collection, Dyar's <"List of Lepidoptera,>" and the Entomological Society of Washington ; Ch. 10: Battle of the Titans Smith and Dyar, and Their New Love - The <"Skeets>" ; Ch. 11: Collecting Moths, Mosquitoes, and Travels: 1901-1909 ; Ch. 12: Literature Wars and Last Battles with Smith ; Ch. 13: Advances and Conflicts in Professional Life as a Lepidopterist: 1907-1914 ; PART III: MRS. ALLEN, DIVORCES, AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE ; SCANDAL ; Ch. 14: Wellesca's Baha'i Faith, New Wealth and Growing Concerns by Zella as Dyar's Life Begins to Unravel: 1906-1908 ; Ch. 15: Marriage Troubles ; Ch. 16: The Separation: 1915 ; Ch. 17: Divorce Wranglings in Reno ; Ch. 18: Divorces, Appeals, and Bigamy ; Ch. 19: After the Scandal, Dismissal, and Friend Knab: 1917-1918 ; PART IV: THE FINAL DECADE: ATTEMPTS AT REINSTATEMENT ; Ch. 20: The National Collection of Lepidoptera, its Workers, and Their Tiffs: 1920s ; Ch. 21: Mosquitoes and Pursuit of Reinstatement ; Ch. 22: Dyar and His Tunnels ; Ch. 23: Personal Life and Baha'is in the 1920s ; Ch. 24: Unity in the UNSM Lepidoptera Section and Acquiring the Barnes Collection ; Ch. 25: Final Days: Trip West, Projects, and as Custodian ; Ch. 26: Financial Collapse and Final Push for Reinstatement ; Epilogue

Marc E. Epstein is Senior Insect Biosystematist for Lepidoptera at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and Research Associate at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution. He researches and writes on evolution and classification of moths and their biodiversity, and develops identification tools for moths that threaten agriculture. At the NMNH he was in the Department of Entomology (1988-2003), cofounding the Department's Archives and Illustration Archives. His research on caterpillars, including images and videos, is currently featured in the NMNH exhibit "More than Meets the Eye " and has been a guest on NPR's "Fresh Air " about his work on the book "Night Visions: the Secret Design of Moths. ".

Historians of science - especially those interested in the development of natural history, systematics, and museums - and anyone drawn to scientific biography will find much that is appealing in this accessible and engaging volume.

• PART I: PREPARATORY STAGES ; Ch. 1: The Dyars and the Hannums: An Earlier Generation ; Ch. 2: Dyar, Jr: Early Growth Stages and Development ; Ch. 3: Collecting and Rearing Lepidoptera, and Dyar's Law: 1882-1891 ; Ch. 4: Long Collecting Trips and Sawflies: 1889-1897 ; Ch. 5: Postgraduate Education: Classification of Moths and Bacteria ; Ch. 6: Genealogy of the Limacodidae and the Dyars ; Ch. 7: Last Days in New York, L.O. Howard, and a Move to the U.S. National Museum ; PART II: BEGINNING A NEW LIFE AT THE USNM AND IN WASHINGTON ; Ch. 8: Life in the District of Columbia and Wellesca Pollock ; Ch. 9: Building the National Collection, Dyar's <"List of Lepidoptera,>" and the Entomological Society of Washington ; Ch. 10: Battle of the Titans Smith and Dyar, and Their New Love - The <"Skeets>" ; Ch. 11: Collecting Moths, Mosquitoes, and Travels: 1901-1909 ; Ch. 12: Literature Wars and Last Battles with Smith ; Ch. 13: Advances and Conflicts in Professional Life as a Lepidopterist: 1907-1914 ; PART III: MRS. ALLEN, DIVORCES, AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE ; SCANDAL ; Ch. 14: Wellesca's Baha'i Faith, New Wealth and Growing Concerns by Zella as Dyar's Life Begins to Unravel: 1906-1908 ; Ch. 15: Marriage Troubles ; Ch. 16: The Separation: 1915 ; Ch. 17: Divorce Wranglings in Reno ; Ch. 18: Divorces, Appeals, and Bigamy ; Ch. 19: After the Scandal, Dismissal, and Friend Knab: 1917-1918 ; PART IV: THE FINAL DECADE: ATTEMPTS AT REINSTATEMENT ; Ch. 20: The National Collection of Lepidoptera, its Workers, and Their Tiffs: 1920s ; Ch. 21: Mosquitoes and Pursuit of Reinstatement ; Ch. 22: Dyar and His Tunnels ; Ch. 23: Personal Life and Baha'is in the 1920s ; Ch. 24: Unity in the UNSM Lepidoptera Section and Acquiring the Barnes Collection ; Ch. 25: Final Days: Trip West, Projects, and as Custodian ; Ch. 26: Financial Collapse and Final Push for Reinstatement ; Epilogue

Marc E. Epstein is Senior Insect Biosystematist for Lepidoptera at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and Research Associate at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution. He researches and writes on evolution and classification of moths and their biodiversity, and develops identification tools for moths that threaten agriculture. At the NMNH he was in the Department of Entomology (1988-2003), cofounding the Department's Archives and Illustration Archives. His research on caterpillars, including images and videos, is currently featured in the NMNH exhibit "More than Meets the Eye " and has been a guest on NPR's "Fresh Air " about his work on the book "Night Visions: the Secret Design of Moths. ".

Historians of science - especially those interested in the development of natural history, systematics, and museums - and anyone drawn to scientific biography will find much that is appealing in this accessible and engaging volume.

• PART I: PREPARATORY STAGES ; Ch. 1: The Dyars and the Hannums: An Earlier Generation ; Ch. 2: Dyar, Jr: Early Growth Stages and Development ; Ch. 3: Collecting and Rearing Lepidoptera, and Dyar's Law: 1882-1891 ; Ch. 4: Long Collecting Trips and Sawflies: 1889-1897 ; Ch. 5: Postgraduate Education: Classification of Moths and Bacteria ; Ch. 6: Genealogy of the Limacodidae and the Dyars ; Ch. 7: Last Days in New York, L.O. Howard, and a Move to the U.S. National Museum ; PART II: BEGINNING A NEW LIFE AT THE USNM AND IN WASHINGTON ; Ch. 8: Life in the District of Columbia and Wellesca Pollock ; Ch. 9: Building the National Collection, Dyar's <"List of Lepidoptera,>" and the Entomological Society of Washington ; Ch. 10: Battle of the Titans Smith and Dyar, and Their New Love - The <"Skeets>" ; Ch. 11: Collecting Moths, Mosquitoes, and Travels: 1901-1909 ; Ch. 12: Literature Wars and Last Battles with Smith ; Ch. 13: Advances and Conflicts in Professional Life as a Lepidopterist: 1907-1914 ; PART III: MRS. ALLEN, DIVORCES, AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE ; SCANDAL ; Ch. 14: Wellesca's Baha'i Faith, New Wealth and Growing Concerns by Zella as Dyar's Life Begins to Unravel: 1906-1908 ; Ch. 15: Marriage Troubles ; Ch. 16: The Separation: 1915 ; Ch. 17: Divorce Wranglings in Reno ; Ch. 18: Divorces, Appeals, and Bigamy ; Ch. 19: After the Scandal, Dismissal, and Friend Knab: 1917-1918 ; PART IV: THE FINAL DECADE: ATTEMPTS AT REINSTATEMENT ; Ch. 20: The National Collection of Lepidoptera, its Workers, and Their Tiffs: 1920s ; Ch. 21: Mosquitoes and Pursuit of Reinstatement ; Ch. 22: Dyar and His Tunnels ; Ch. 23: Personal Life and Baha'is in the 1920s ; Ch. 24: Unity in the UNSM Lepidoptera Section and Acquiring the Barnes Collection ; Ch. 25: Final Days: Trip West, Projects, and as Custodian ; Ch. 26: Financial Collapse and Final Push for Reinstatement ; Epilogue