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have any proximate conception of their number and variety. Hence I 

 have thought that probably the most acceptable contribution I could 

 make at this meeting would be a complete list, as far as was possible, of 

 all American Entomological writers since our meeting in August last, and 

 this I have done and will present it at the proper time. S')me names 

 may have been inadvertently omitted, but these can be subsequently 

 introduced. In order to insure perfect accuracy and fullness, I made the 

 list of each author's writings as far as I could find them and sent it to 

 him for correction, and I here desire to thank those gentlemen for the 

 uniform courtesy with which they granted me their aid. 



This paper will give us a better idea of the progress of our science 

 during the past year than any other mere description possibly could. 



A brief analysis of it gives 77 writers and 302 titles; 25 of these 

 articles treat of Coleoptera ; 19 of Lepidoptera ; 15 of Orthoptera ; 5 of 

 Neuroptera ; 10 of Diptera; 1 1 of Hymenoptera ; 1 1 on Hemiptera ; 8 

 or 10 describe larvae of various orders; 5 or 6 are on fossil insects ; a few 

 on Myriopods and spiders, and 1 1 on Economic Entomology. 



This brief exhibit will give an idea of what has been done as far as 

 has been made public. Doubtless there are many other papers in pre- 

 paration, and much efficient work has been privately done which may 

 never be published. 



It would be out of my province to specify any of these writings in 

 this address, and much more to express any opinion of their relative 

 value, or to indulge in any critical remarks. That must be left to the 

 reviewers. 



We now have four journals exclusively devoted to our science, and in 

 several others considerable space is allotted to it. In connection with 

 these must be mentioned the annual reports of the State Entomologists. 

 The Proceedings and Transactions of all Natural History Societies also 

 contain frequent articles upon the subject. 



The Canadian Entomologist, Psyche, The Bulletin of the Brooklyn 

 Ent. Society, and Papilio, should be supported by every one of us. 

 Indeed, no man can know how our cause is advancing without them, and 

 as it is likely that none but Entomologists read them, so much the more 

 general should be our patronage that they may be maintained. 



Each of these four seems to occupy its peculiar field. The Canadian 

 is general and the organ of a special association. Although it is geo- 

 graphically extra limiial, yet it is very near to us and a large share of its 



