Descriptive Entry

These papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence with professional colleagues, mostly concerning the identification of specimens.

Historical Note

Donald M. Weisman (1924- ), an entomologist, received his B.A. degree from Miami University in 1950, and his M.Sc. degree from North Carolina State University in 1960. In 1961 he was appointed Entomologist with the Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction Research Branch, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and assigned to taxonomic work at the United States National Museum. He remained with the USDA until his retirement from the Systematic Entomology Laboratory in 1986. His research specialty is the taxonomy of immature Lepidoptera of economic importance.