Secretary, U.S. and Mexican Boundary Commission.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 7, 1854 - 1855, pages 7:220-225: Descriptions of new Coleoptera collected by Thos. H. Webb, M.D., in the years 1850-51 and 52, while Secretary to the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Commission. by JOHN L. LE CONTE, M. D. "Most of the species collected by Dr. Webb, have been already described by me from other sources, but the remaining nondescripts contain a comparatively greater number of large and beautiful species than any other collection yet obtained..."
Farish, Thomas Edwin. History of Arizona, Filmer Bros. Electrotype Co., 1918, volume 1, pages 237-246 (Dr. Webb's experience with the Yumas; experience with Indians after massacre of Glanton) and pages 184, 264 (Boundary Commission Survey).
The first [Chrysina] species known in the United States, the glorious jewel scarab (C. gloriosa), was described by the father of American coleopterology, John L. LeConte in 1854. LeConte described this emerald-green and silver-striped species based on specimens collected at a copper mine in Texas that are now in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) at Harvard. These specimens were collected by the Secretary of the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, Thomas Hopkins Webb. A physician from Rhode Island, Webb was appointed Secretary of the Commission in 1850, a position he held until 1854. In addition to his full-time position as Secretary, Webb enthusiastically collected insects, fishes, and reptiles and sent them to the leading authorities of the day. Later, he would become the secretary and principal executive officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Source: http://arthurevans.wordpress.com/category/arizona/ [8/2012]
See also: Stratton, Julius A. Stratton & Mannix, Loretta H. Mind and Hand: The Birth of MIT. MIT Press, May 1, 2005, pages 243-245.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 7, 1854 - 1855, pages 7:220-225: Descriptions of new Coleoptera collected by Thos. H. Webb, M.D., in the years 1850-51 and 52, while Secretary to the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Commission. by JOHN L. LE CONTE, M. D. "Most of the species collected by Dr. Webb, have been already described by me from other sources, but the remaining nondescripts contain a comparatively greater number of large and beautiful species than any other collection yet obtained..."
Farish, Thomas Edwin. History of Arizona, Filmer Bros. Electrotype Co., 1918, volume 1, pages 237-246 (Dr. Webb's experience with the Yumas; experience with Indians after massacre of Glanton) and pages 184, 264 (Boundary Commission Survey).
The first [Chrysina] species known in the United States, the glorious jewel scarab (C. gloriosa), was described by the father of American coleopterology, John L. LeConte in 1854. LeConte described this emerald-green and silver-striped species based on specimens collected at a copper mine in Texas that are now in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) at Harvard. These specimens were collected by the Secretary of the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, Thomas Hopkins Webb. A physician from Rhode Island, Webb was appointed Secretary of the Commission in 1850, a position he held until 1854. In addition to his full-time position as Secretary, Webb enthusiastically collected insects, fishes, and reptiles and sent them to the leading authorities of the day. Later, he would become the secretary and principal executive officer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Source: http://arthurevans.wordpress.com/category/arizona/ [8/2012]
See also: Stratton, Julius A. Stratton & Mannix, Loretta H. Mind and Hand: The Birth of MIT. MIT Press, May 1, 2005, pages 243-245.
Master pnID
AMH-PN3948
Src1 DP
AHSL-DP
Residence(s)
Providence RI
Boston MA