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PHILADELPHIA, PA., MARCH, 1909. 



A meeting to form a society for the purpose of ascertaining 

 the locality, habits, etc., of insects taken within the United 

 States was held on February 22d, 1859, at the residence of 

 Mr. E. T. Cresson in the City of Philadelphia. This was the 

 beginning of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia which 

 subsequently became the American Entomological Society. The 

 fiftieth anniversary of the formation of this society was re- 

 cently celebrated. The present set of younger entomologists 

 can hardly appreciate the struggles, trials and tribulations of 

 those that worked fifty years ago. There were very few per- 

 sons engaged in the study and books on the subject were not 

 many and those that were published were expensive. Money 

 aid was almost unknown and everything was a labor of love. 

 The proceedings of this early society were gotten out by the 

 members, who set the type and did the press work, and all the 

 time given to such work was stolen from their occupations for 

 a livelihood. Some of the younger set are at times a bit criti- 

 cal when they refer to some of the work of the older writers 

 and workers, but this is largely due to the fact that they do not 

 appreciate the difficulties under which their predecessors la- 

 bored or else the ability to correct a well known author tickles 

 their vanity. Is it possible that the pioneers realized what en- 

 tomology would grow to, or what it will be in the future? 

 Probably not. They simply studied insects because they had 

 inquiring minds and loved nature. 



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