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In the Canadian Naturalist for June 1862 there appeared a 

 li^t of persons residing in Canada, aU interested in the collection 

 and study of insects, which contained no less than thirty-six names. 

 This was prepared by the speaker, with the assistance of Mr. 

 Saunders. It was then proposed that a meeting should be held 

 for the purpose of bringing together as many as possible of those 

 interested, and to form some kind of club or society which would 

 be of general benefit to those concerned. The result of this publica- 

 tion was the holding of a meeting in Toronto at the residence of 

 Prof. Croft in September, 1862. As there were only ten persons 

 present, it was thought inadvisable to form a society at that time, 

 but a draft of a constitution was drawn up and it was decided to 

 hold another meeting during the coming year. On the 16th of 

 April, 1863, a meeting was held in the library of the Canadian 

 Institute and the formation of the Entomological Society of Canada 

 was then decided upon and its constitution drawn up and adopted. 

 The attendance was small, but several who were unable to be 

 present had given in their adhesion to the movement. Dr. Henry 

 Croft, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Toronto, was 

 elected President; Mr. Saunders, of London, Secretary-Treasurer, 

 and the Rev. Jas. Hubbert, Curator. The others present were: 

 The Rev. Wm. Hincks, Professor of Botany and Zoology at the 

 University of Toronto; Dr. Sangster, Principal of the Normal 

 School, Toronto; Dr. Beverley R. Morris, an Englishman who not 

 long after returned to England and there became editor of a popular 

 magazine on natural history, Dr. Cowdry and his son, Mr. N. H. 

 Cowdry, of York Mills, and Messrs. Saunders and Bethune. The 

 following gentlemen were unable to be present, but became original 

 members of the society: Mr. E. Baynes Reed, Barrister, London, 

 Mr. E. Billings, editor of the Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, 

 for many years attached to the Geological Survey. Mr. R. V. 

 Rogers, Barrister, Kingston; Mr. T. Reynolds, Engineer of the 

 Great W'estern Railway, now part of the Grand Trunk system, 

 Hamilton; Mr. B. Billings, Prescott, who subsequently lived in 

 the neighborhood of Ottawa and formed a large collection of Cole- 

 optera; Rev. V. Clementi, Peterborough, an English Church 

 clergyman, who was greatly interested in the various aspects of 



