ANNALS 



OF 



The Entomological Society of America 



Volume I MARCH1908 Number 1 



INTRODUCTORY 



This initial number of the Annals of the Entomological Society 

 of America marks the beginning of an enterprise which it is hoped 

 may become of the greatest value to entomological science in 

 America. Coming as it does as a response to the demand evi- 

 denced by a membership of nearly 500 reached within a year from 

 the organization of the society, there is ever}' reason to predict 

 for it a useful service to entomological students. 



The scope of the Annals will be as broad as the interests of 

 the Society which it represents but it may not be out of place to 

 emphasize the point that papers dealing with morphologic, 

 faunistic and biologic problems as well as taxonomy in its broadest 

 sense will be especially welcome. 



Entomology at the present time is too intimately blended 

 with other branches of science to permit of any narrow limi- 

 tation for its activities. This Journal can, it is believed, best 

 serve the Society and the science of Entomology' at large by fur- 

 nishing a medium of publication to the varied lines of research 

 concerning insect life and all that pertains thereto. It can serve 

 the progress of biological science in general by stimulating re- 

 search and discussion concerning those phases of insect life which 

 bear upon the deeper problems of life as a whole. The wealth 



