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ago a brief article appeared in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS in re- 

 gard to this subject, and individuals and institutions were 

 criticised for being derelict in this respect. A letter was re- 

 ceived from Dr. Howard in relation thereto, in which he con- 

 tended that the number of collectors had greatly increased and 

 that the old conditions had materially changed. 



Dr. Skinner said he believed that the specialists and systema- 

 tists had increased proportionately. lie cited the older men 

 as doing an immense amount of identification work and they 

 were nearly all engaged in pursuits other than entomology for 

 a livelihood. He cited Osten Sacken's Memoirs, where the 

 author mentioned naming material from all over the country 

 and at that time the Baron was a busy diplomat, traveled much 

 and had many social obligations. Drs. LeConte and Horn 

 were mentioned as doing a large amount of work in this par- 

 ticular for men and institutions all over the United States. 

 Mr. E. T. Cresson, W. H. Edwards, Dr. John B. Smith and 

 Dr. James Fletcher were also examples. Dr. Fletcher acted 

 as the good father of all Canadian entomologists, named their 

 material and encouraged them in every way, often working 

 into the small hours of the night for this purpose, after his 

 day's work was done. He thought the entomologists should 

 take up this matter and have it rectified in some way. 



This led to a general discussion on the subject and Mr. 

 Wenzel, Sr., read a letter from Thomas B. Ashton, dated Feb. 

 8, 1895, relative to Dr. Horn and this subject. 



Mr. Laurent exhibited a specimen of Calosoma svcofihanta 

 Linn. (Col.) from Berlin, Germany, V-io, collected by P. Al- 

 brecht, and referred to a late paper on the subject from the 

 Bureau of Entomology. 



Mr. Kaeber exhibited a specimen of AlonoJiammns titillator 

 Fabr. (Col.) picked up on the city streets, IX-3O-H. Mr. 

 Wenzel, Sr., said it had most probably bred from pine kindling 

 wood. 



Adjourned to the refectory. 



GEO. M. GREENE, Secretary. 



