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original papers come from this side of the Niagara. We claim it as one 

 of our own, and being the oldest and admirably conducted, we hope that 

 its present efficient editor may long continue to conduct it and render it 

 still more interesting and instructive. 



The next oldest is Psyche, and in relation to it I may quote what our 

 first President said in his opening address : " Psyche, though small, is 

 indispensable to every one occupied with the insects of North America." 

 It covers a ground not occupied by any other periodical in the world, and 

 is very creditable to the disinterested labors of American Entomologists. 

 Its accuracy has never been questioned, and it is extremely desirable to 

 secure its continuous publication. You know that it was begun by the 

 Cambridge Entomological Club, which is really the parent of the Club 

 of the A. A. A. S., which has now been elevated to the dignity of a 

 Sub-Section. The Cambridge Club differs from some others in the country 

 in freely granting the use of its library to Entomologists throughout the 

 whole country, and hence it is very desirable that the library should be 

 enriched and the Club thus enabled to extend its benefits still more 

 widely. 



The Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society is a spirited pub- 

 lication, displaying much zeal, correct diagnosis and careful description. 



Papilio, the youngest of the family, is entirely devoted to Lepidoptera 

 and thus occupies an exclusive field and cultivates it successfully. The 

 necessity for it arose, I apprehend, from the fact that our investigators had 

 so much that was new to publish, that room could not be found in the 

 other journals, and when we consider that the number of our writers is 

 increasing every year and new discoveries are constantly made, it~is plain 

 that all the journals now in existence among us could not publish all the 

 communications unless the journals were greatly enlarged. As it is likely 

 that all these editors render their valuable services gratuitously, and that 

 the present patronage would not justify an enlargement, we shall have to 

 be content for some time to come with their present size. 



In conclusion, I will make bold to throw out one or two suggestions. 



J . In view of the wonderful progress which our science has made in 

 this country, has not the time come for condensed, complete, systematic 

 books on each of the Orders, after the style of many German books that 

 might be mentioned ? Every one of us is often asked by beginners : 

 What book would you recommend on beetles ? And our answer is : 

 there is none which contains descriptions of all our known species in 



