BANKS, NATHAN ), American entomologist, was born in Roslyn, N.Y., on April 13, 1868. He graduated at Cornell university in 1889 and in 1890 entered the division of entomology of the United States department of agriculture. In 1916 he left this post to become curator of insects in the museum of comparative zoology at Harvard university. He made researches on insects and on protective resemblances and mimicry.
His publications include: Treatise on the Acarina (19o4) ; Catalogue of the Acarina 0907); Catalogue of Nearctic Neuroptera (1909); How to Collect and Preserve Insects (1909) ; Catalogue of Nearctic Heteroptera (191I) ; Index of Economic Entomology 0917).