Cfje Canadian (fntomologbi 



Vol. II. TOKONTO, DECEMBER, 1870. No. 12. 



OUR THII1D VOLUME. 



At the cornuiencetnent of the year 1870, when relating the improved 

 prospects of the Entomological Society of Canada, we remarked that we had 

 then safely accomplished our first moult, but still continued in a larval state. 

 Most of our readers will no doubt agree with us in the opinion that we were 

 quiescent long enough between the issues of the ninth and tenth numbers of 

 this volume to satisfy the requirements of a pupal state, and that now we may 

 not be thought guilty of presumption when we say that with the first number 

 of our Third Volume we expect to come forth in full imago form. "We do 

 not intend to burst upon the astonished vision of the Entomological world 

 bedecked with gaudy hues and full of airy lightsomeness, as a gay butterfly 

 in May j but we may perhaps compare ourselves with more propriety to one 

 of those Ortbopterous creatures who gradually develope their full powers, 

 without sudden or striking change, and who keep up their larval appetite and 

 tastes to the end. Did we liken ourselves to Lepidoptera, it might be thought 

 that our only office was to sip the sweets of fragrant llowers, and bask for a 

 brief day in the sunshine of prosperity, free from care or thought for the 

 morrow. As Orthopterous, however, we trust that we are of more substantial 

 build, and that, while we gradually increase in size and strength, we may 

 pursue with straight wing the even tenor of our way — borne along on the 

 winds of science, and gathering as we go a full store of contributions, 

 subscriptions, and aid of all kinds. 



So much by way of introduction. Let us now briefly statefthat the Third 

 Volume of the Canadian Entomologist will be printed on toned paper, 

 illustrated with frequent wood-cuts, and enlarged to twenty pages a number. 

 The subscription will continue to be as at present, one dollar (81 25 in U. S. 

 currency) per annum in advance, while subscribers will have the additional 

 privilege of becoming members of i: The IncorporatedEntomological Society 

 of Ontario," if resident within the Dominion of Canada, or associate mem- 

 bers if outside the boundaries of this country. We shall endeavour to issue 

 a number regularly each month, and our aim will be to make our periodical 



