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OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



We are glad to learn that the Naturalists resident in Ottawa have 

 organized under 'the above heading, with the avowed object of paying 

 special attention to the Natural History of the Ottawa District. The 

 Club is under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor-General, and 

 has an efficient staff of officers ; among them we observe the names of 

 two of our esteemed contributors, J. Fletcher and W. H. Harrington, both 

 enthusiastic Entomologists, and we are pleased to see Entomology so well 

 represented in this connection. It is intended to have occasional excur- 

 sions during the summer, and evening meetings during the winter for the 

 pursuit and discussion of Natural History subjects. Already the Club 

 has had one very successful excursion, the party numbering in all, ladies 

 and gentlemen, about forty. We should like to see such clubs organized 

 in every city in our Dominion. There is a growing fondness for this 

 interesting study, especially among our young people, and a little stimulus 

 of this sort would materially aid in developing it. 



PERSONAL. 



A Well-Merited Honor. — We learn with much pleasure that our 

 eminent American Coleopterist, Dr. John L. LeConte, of Philadelphia, 

 has been elected an honorary member of the Societe Entomologique de 

 France. The honorary membership in this Society being limited to 

 twelve, and the only other representatives of the English speaking races 

 being Darwin and Westwood, we feel that a high compliment has been 

 paid to American Entomologists by this selection, and a deserved appre- 

 ciation shown of the unceasing efforts of this distinguished author in his 

 endeavors to promote the interests of Entomological Science. 



Mr. B. Neumoegen, of New York, an enthusiastic Lepidopterist, is 

 anxious to obtain as large an amount of material as possible in his 

 department from the northern portions of America, and will be glad to 

 hear from any one who will collect for him in any part of British North 

 America, especially in the north-west, and in the Island of Anticosti. Mr. 

 Neumoegen's address is P. O. Box 2,581, New York. 



