352 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Nov., '06 



On the Formation of an Entomological Society of 



America. 



To ALL INTERESTED IN ENTOMOLOGY. 



The initial meeting of The Entomological Society of 

 America will be held in New York City in connection with the 

 mid-winter meetings of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. 



This society has been organized to meet the need of a 

 national entomological society, which shall represent all de- 

 partments of entomology, and which shall hold a place in 

 American entomology similar to that held in their respective 

 countries by the great foreign entomological societies. 



It is hoped that this movement will have the co-operation 

 of all of the existing entomological societies in this country, 

 and that it will in no way interfere with the success of any of 

 them. It is believed that a strong national society, which shall 

 bring together workers in all fields of entomology, will tend 

 to broaden the interests of each, and to strengthen the more 

 special or local societies. 



The amount of entomological work that is being done in 

 the United States and Canada is great compared with what is 

 being done in any other country ; it is fitting, therefore, that the 

 workers in this field should be united in a national society. 



On another page there is given the report of the Committee 

 on Organization, and an invitation is hereby extended to 

 every one interested in entomology to join the society. Ap- 

 plications for membership may be addressed to J. H. Corn- 

 stock, Ithaca, New York. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



A meeting of the committee to organize a national ento- 

 mological society, for which provision was made at the Phila- 

 delphia meeting of the Entomological Club of the A. A. A. S., 

 was held June 28, 1906, in the entomological laboratory of 

 Cornell University. The New York Entomological Society 

 was represented by Mr. Carl Schaeffer; the Chicago Entomo- 



