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odical, au octavo, was called the Proceedings, and the first number of 

 the first volume was finished in May, 1861, Dr. Wilson being Chair- 

 man of the Committee of Publication. As a typographical production 

 the Proceedings from its commencement has been above the standard 

 of similar periodicals; and of the comparative value of its contents as 

 a contribution to science it becomes us not to speak. The first volume 

 with 381 pages and 3 plates, was finished in February, 1863 ; the se- 

 cond, with 562 pages and 11 plates, in March, 1864 ; the third, with 

 708 pages and 6 plates, in December, 1864; and the fourth, with 

 506 pages and 3 plates, in June, 1865. We here see a remarkable 

 progression in the time required to complete a volume ; the first 

 reciuiring 24 months, the second 13 months, the third 9 months, and 

 the fourth 6 months. This is explained by the fact that these Pro- 

 ceeding are becoming the rallying point of all the Entomologists of 

 America. At first it was designed only for the Society's own papers, 

 composed here in Philadelphia. It soon aroused the attention of ento- 

 mologists in every part of the United States and the British Provinces; 

 and as this is the only periodical on the continent devoted exclusivelv 

 to Entomology, they sent their papers from every direction, to be 

 brought out to the world in the same vehicle, and to be associated to- 

 gether in a common brotherhood. They feel very strongly the pro- 

 priety of associating their labors, and of having the same medium for 

 the mutual exchange of their thoughts. This can evidently be done 

 only in a periodical devoted to Entomology alone, and not in publica- 

 tions which embrace indiscriminately a hundred other difi'erent sub- 

 jects. One of the great benefits of these Proceediu"'s, not thouirht of 

 in the beginning, is, that it arouses the entomologists of the whole con- 

 tinent to exertion, by affording them proper fecilities and inducements 

 to make known their discoveries. It is a lever which raises all North 

 America. But it must be supported by funds. Who will step for- 

 ward in the room of Dr. Wilson, and carry out his designs ? Now 

 that the discovery of its importance has been made, shall it die with 

 its founder for want of generosity ? We hope not. 



In April, 1862, the Society was incorporated by the Legislature of 

 Pennsylvania. On August 11th, 1862, after a hospitable accommoda- 

 tion of two years and a half in the room of Mr. Wilt, the Society re- 

 moved to its present Hall, Xo. 518 South Thirteenth street. This is 

 a brick building, two stories high, the lower used for printing and 

 other offices, and the upper for the Library, the Museum, and the 

 meetings. It was built for the Society's use by one of its members, 



