122 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



On the 1 6th of April in the following year (1863), the Society was 

 at length duly organized under the Presidency of Prof. Croft, and with 

 Mr. W. Saunders as Secretary-Treasurer, and the late Rev. Prof. Hubbert 

 as Curator. The names of about twenty-five persons were enrolled as 

 original members. During the year, meetings were held from time to 

 time, and several more names were added to the list of members. 



The next year (1864) was one of great progress, being signalized 

 by the formation, in March, of a Branch, with ten original members, 

 at Quebec, Canada East ; and of another in July, at London, Canada 

 West, with thirteen original members. A preliminary list of Canadian 

 Lepidoptera, embracing 144 species of Butterflies, Bombyces and Sphinges, 

 was published by the Society during the year. In 1865 many additions to 

 the roll of membership were made, and much good work was done, 

 including the publication of a second list of Canadian Lepidoptera, 

 containing the names of 350 more species. During the following year 

 (1866) the Society held but few meetings and effected little, owing to 

 the disturbance caused by the Fenian Raid, and the call made upon 

 many members to leave their homes and join the ranks of the Volunteer 

 service. The year 1867 was marked in the annals of the Society, by the 

 publication of a valuable list of Canadian Coleoptera, which included 

 no less than 55 families, 432 genera, and 1231 species, being many times 

 more than had ever been previously enumerated in a Canadian List. 



In August 1868, the Society issued the first number of the Canadian 

 Entomologist, a small monthly periodical devoted to the publication of 

 original papers on the classification, description, habits and general history 

 of Insects. This little serial has been received with much favour by the 

 leading Entomologists of America, many of whom have from time to time 

 contributed to its pages. It has now reached the middle of its third 

 volume, and has increased to three times its original dimensions ; it has 

 also improved much in style and typographical appearance, as well as in 

 the excellence of its illustrations. 



Until December 1869, the Society received no extraneous assistance 

 nor public recognition, but depended wholly for its maintenance upon 

 the efforts of its members. At that time, however, it was voted a grant 

 of $400 for the year 1870 by the Board of the Agricultural and Arts 

 Association of Ontario, on condition that it furnished an Annual Report, 

 formed a cabinet of insects useful and prejudicial to agriculture and 

 horticulture, and continued the publication of the Canadian Entomo- 

 logist. These conditions were severally complied with by the con-- 



