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THE PREPARATION OF A CATALOGUE OF THE INSECTS 



OF CANADA. 



BY C. GORDON HEWITT, D. SC, DOMINION ENTOMOLOGIST, OTTAWA. 



At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the F^ntomological 

 Society of Ontario, held at Guelpb, Ont., on November 4th, 1910, it was 

 unanimously agreed that the preparation of a catalogue of Canadian 

 insects was desirable, and that such a list should be dedicated to Dr. 

 C. J. S. Bethune, in recognition of his long and valuable services to 

 Canadim entomology as e lito; of The Canadian E.^^tomolo^ist. A 

 special committee of the society was appointed to arrange for and take 

 charge of the work of preparing the proposed catalogue. 



The following members constitute the committee : Dr. E. M. Walker 

 (Pres.), Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt (Vice-Pres.), Messrs. G. Chagnon, N, 

 Criddle, J. D. Evans, Arthur Gibson, W. H. Harrington, T. D. Jarvis, 

 H. H. Lyman, G. A. Moore, G. E. Sanders, J. M. Swaine, A. F. Winn, 

 F. H. Wolley-Dod, and Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Suggestions as to the form and scope of the catalogue, and the 

 method of preparation, were drawn up and submitted to the members in 

 a circular, issued on March loth, 1911, with a request that it should be 

 considered, and that further suggestions should be submitted. 



Opinions on the suggestions which were submitted, and further sug- 

 gestions on the part of members of the committee have resulted in the 

 formation of the following scheme, which will be adopted in the prepara- 

 tion of the catalogue, as they represent the views of the majority of the 

 members. 



1. The list will be entitled, "A Catalogue of the Insects of Canada 

 and Newfoundland," and it will include all species known to occur in 

 Canada (including Labrador) and Newfoundland, whether previously 

 recorded or not. Alaskan species will not be included, but may be pub- 

 lished as an appendix. 



2. The various species will be classified under the orders, sub-orders, 

 families, sub-families, and genera, in ascending order wherever possible. 

 The arrangement of the genera will be systematic and, so far as is 

 possible, the species also. 



3. The names will be given of the authors of all generic and specific 

 names mentioned, with the date (year) in the case of each genus. 



4. Under each species will be given : 



(a). A reference to one or two good descriptions of the insect, not 

 necessarily the original one ; these will be descriptions which 



August, 1911 



