THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. To") 



work ; and during its existence it has been llie means of disseminating a 

 vast amount of scientifie knowledge, whieh has been of Ijenefit not only 

 to Canada, but to the world at large. In lliis connection it may not be 

 out of place to quote the opinion of one of the leading American ento- 

 mologists. Prof. Grote, of New York, in his late work on the Noctuidse, 

 when enumerating the sources of inlormation of value to entomological 

 students, speaks of the organ of our Society in tlie following compli- 

 mentary terms : 



" The treatise of Dr. Harris, whicli has become classical on its subject, 

 '' did much towards creating a general interest in entomology. But the 

 " publication of the Canadian Entomologist, a journal aided pecuni- 

 '' arily by the Ontario Government, and owing its success chiefly to the 

 " unsellish labors of Mr. William .Saunders, has assisted the progress of 

 " entomology in America probably more than any one other similar 



" undertaking." 



The work of our Society has also been fav'orably commented upon 

 abroad, and a regular system of exchange of publications has been estab- 

 lished with many of the important learned Societies of Europe. In 

 addition to the good work done by the issue of the Canadian Entomo- 

 logist, collectors have been materially aided in their studies by the classi- 

 tied lists of the different orders of Canadian insects which have been 

 published as the material for the purpose w^as gathered together. The 

 extensive collection exhibited by the Society at the Centennial Exhibition 

 at Philadelphia, attracted much notice, and was admitted by all who saw 

 it to be most creditable to Canada. At the request of the Dominion 

 Government a similar collection has been sent to England as j^art of 

 Canada's contribution to the International Fisheries Exhibition. 



Beyond this purely scientiiic work, the Society has, in a series of 13 

 Annual Reports on Insects Injurious and Beneficial to Agriculture, given 

 to the farming community a large amount of useful information. 



The Government of Ontario recognising the good work thus accom- 

 plished, incorporated the Society as the Entomological Society of Ontario 

 under the -'Agriculture and Arts Act" in 1870; and at the same time 

 gave material aid by allowing a liberal annual grant from the public funds. 



In view of the necessity for the constant interchange of specimens 

 between students in every department of natural history, in order that, by 

 comparison of other forms, their studies may be thorough, the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Ontario respectfully suggest that the Royal Society of 



