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Lepidoptera, the other of the Heteroptera) ; the New York En 

 tomological Society, which published, between 1881 and 1884, 

 four volumes of Papilio, but finally merged into the Brooklyn 

 Society. It is, however, unique from being the first to publish 

 a journal devoted exclusively to a single order of insects, a 

 somewhat premature venture, but which will no doubt be fol 

 lowed by other societies in a future not so very far remote. 

 Finally the Entomological Society of Washington, organized 

 in 1884, is vigorously publishing, since several years, the first 

 volume of its Proceedings. Besides the above-mentioned pub 

 lishing societies, there is flourishing the Entomological Club 

 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 which is admirably adapted for promoting personal intercourse 

 among our entomologists and mutual exchange of expe 

 rience ; there is, further, an Entomological Society in New 

 ark, N. J. ; and lastly, there is the Association of Official 

 Entomologists, which is still in the embryo stage. If we leave 

 out of consideration all those societies which have not con 

 tributed to literature, we find that we have, or have had, in 

 North America, six entomological societies with publications, 

 in comparison with nineteen in Europe. This gives us an ex 

 cellent showing, considering' that North America has about 

 seventy millions of inhabitants to more than four times that 

 number in Europe, not to speak of the cheaper printing, the 

 much greater number of subscribers, and other advantages en 

 joyed by the European entomologists. As to variety of sub 

 jects treated and the quality of articles, our entomological 

 serials are certainly not inferior to the European serials ; and so 

 much can be said in praise of our periodicals that, as a rule, 

 they have been kept free from those quarrels of a personal 

 nature which fill page after page in certain European journals ; 

 nor have they ever assumed that excessively local character 

 which prevails in some other European serials. 



I have hitherto not spoken of the entomological publications 

 of the Agricultural Experiment Stations, because they form 

 such a striking and exceptional feature in American ento 

 mology. I consider the reorganization of these stations, as 

 effected in 1888, by what is known as the Hatch bill, as one 



