Proceedings of the ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA, at a 

 Special Meeting, March 16, 1865. 

 The following Preamble and Eesolutions were unanimously adopted : — 



IVhereas, In the providence of God, we are called upon to mourn the loss of 

 one of our most valued members, therefore 



Resolved, That this Society has heard with unfeigned and deep sorrow the 

 loss it has sustained by the death of our late fellow membei-, Dr. Thomas B. 

 Wilson, one of the earliest and most devoted members of this Institution. 



Resolved, That as from the very commencement of this Society, it has had 

 his firm and unwavering support, by contributing most liberally to its Library 

 and Cabinet, and by large endowments in money ; therefore, the members of 

 this Society individually feel that they have lost a warm friend, one whose 

 advice and sympathy were always honestly given for the best interests of the 

 Society ; and that through the whole period of its existence, the Society has 

 felt the beneficial influence of his personal worth, and of his sound and discri- 

 minating judgment. 



Resolved, That the members of this Society deeply sympathise with the rela- 

 tives and friends of the deceased in the bereavement they have sustained in 

 the death of our lamented friend. 



Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions, signed by the President of this 

 Society, be communicated to the family of the deceased, with our heartfelt 

 condolence. 



On motion, it was also further 

 Resolved, That a Committee of three be appointed to draw up for publication 

 in the " Proceedings" of this Society, a Memoir setting forth, in an appropriate 

 manner, the labors and endowments of Dr. Thomas B. Wilson in the Entomo- 

 loEfical Society of Philadelphia. 



Committee— 7 Tof. JACOB ENNIS, 



JAS. H. B. BLAND, 

 J. FRANK KNIGHT. 



