356 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



On another page there is given the report of the committee on 

 organization ; and an invitation is hereby extended to every one interested 

 in entomology to join the society. Applications for membership may be 

 addressed to Prof. J. H. Comstock. Ithaca, New York. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 



A meeting of the committee to organize a national entomological 



society, for which provision was made at the Philadelphia meeting of the 



Entomological Club of the A. A. A. S., was held June 28, 1906, in the 



Entomological Laboratory of Cornell University. The New York 



Entomological Society was represented by Mr. Carl Schtfiffer, the Chicago 

 Entomological Society by Dr. James G. Needham, the Jugatse (the Ithaca 

 Society) by Professor J. H. Comstock, the Newark Entomological Society 

 by Mr. J. A. Grossbeck, the Entomological Society of Ontario by Rev. 

 Professor C. J. S. Bethune, and the American Entomological Society by 

 Mr. J. Chester Bradley. At an adjourned meeting the Washington 

 Entomological Society was represented by Mr. E. S. G. Titus. 



The committee was organized by the appointment of Professor 

 Comstock as chairman and Mr. Bradley as secretary. 



The secretary then stated in brief the history of the present move- 

 ment for the organization of a national entomological society. The parts 

 of Mr. Lyman's two presidential addresses dealing with the organization 

 of an entomological union were read and discussed. Discussion then 

 followed as to the purpose for which such a society should exist, and as to 

 whether there was need for one. The opinion that there was such a need 

 seemed to prevail, but it was urged that if the society be formed it should 

 be based on broad and comprehensive grounds. It was then moved that 

 it is the sense of this committee that the organization of a national ento- 

 mological society is desirable. Every member in turn was called upon 

 for an expression of opinion, and every one spoke in favour of the organi- 

 zation ; but it was the feeling of the committee that the success of such a 

 society would depend on the securing of co-operation of other societies, as 

 the Association of Economic Entomologists and the Entomological Club 

 of the A. A. A. S. 



It was suggested that provision might advantageously be made 

 for committees on policy, as on education, on legislation, on museum 

 methods, and on nomenclature. 



