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VOL. VII. LONDON, ONT., JULY, 1875. No. 7 



IMPORTANT TO ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



In our last we briefly called attention to the fact that the Entomo- 

 logical Club of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science would hold its first regular meeting on Tuesday, August the 10th, 

 (the day preceding the meeting of the Association), at Detroit, Michigan. 

 This organization of Entomologists, effected last year at the meeting in 

 Hartford, promises to be an important one, embracing, as it does, within 

 its ranks most of the leading Entomologists in America. Doubtless 

 many important subjects will come up for discussion during the meeting, 

 and among the rest (although we do not speak authoritatively) we doubt 

 not but that the vexed and vexing subject of Entomological nomen- 

 clature will claim a fair share of attention. We sincerely hope that some 

 rules will be devised which will result in establishing definitely and 

 permanently the names by which we are to know many of the common 

 insects which surround us, and that some limit will be placed to this 

 everlasting searching among dry bones and continuous resurrecting of 

 names from the musty records of the past, where in the interests of our 

 favorite science they might in many instances have better remained forever 

 forgotten. We do not propose to discuss here the subject of the question of 

 priority, but we do firmly believe that we need the establishment of some 

 rules by which the permanency of our names may be assured, if we do 

 not wish to discourage and disgust the greater number of those valuable 

 working members of our corps who have not time to investigate the merits 

 of the various claims set forth bv those who endeavour to lead us in 

 these matters, but who are in many instances as much at variance with 

 each other as the great bulk of the rank and file are disposed to be with 

 them all ; not — let it be understood — at variance with them personally ; 

 on the contrary, these persevering and talented labourers are held in the 

 highest esteem, but it is felt that in their zeal in defence of the dead they 

 are imposing on the living burdens unnecessary and grievous to be borne. 



We anticipate that a large number of specimens will be brought 

 together for the purposes of comparison and obtaining names, and thus 

 much valuable information be elicited. We bespeak a large attendance 



