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Prof. Riley says, many species remain for a long time in the larva 

 state. There is a Thyridopkryx which can hardly be distinguished from 

 epha enter if or mis that lives a full year in the larva state instead of complet 

 ing its transformations in a few months as ephacmeriformis does. 



Prof. Lintner remarked that it was surprising how far small larva- 

 sometimes travelled during their life. Aspaedisca splender if reiki on 

 apple, was often so abundant that almost every leaf on a tree showed 

 either a larva or traces of its work. He found the pupa on the leaves, 

 the branches, and on the trunks, even close to the roots. The imago 

 emerged during the latter part of July. He wondered that the larva 

 should travel so far before pupating. 



Mr. Smith then proposed as a subject of discussion 



'•HOW SHALL WE CREATE, AND FOSTER AN INTEREST 

 IN THE STUDY OF ENTOMOLOGY!"' 



He said he had, during the past year or more, been carefully con- 

 sidering this question, without reaching a satisfactory conclusion. It 

 seems strange that in so large a country, with a fauna offerim? so many 

 new and interesting forms, there should be so few with a lively interest 

 in Entomology. The youth of this country seem to have no interest in 

 that line, and the question is, could not some interest be created? And, 

 further, how, when created, can this interest be fostered? He has receiv- 

 ed many letters from collectors of this tenor: How can I determine mv 

 insects? What books shall I get? and similar questions. He had not 

 always found it easy to give a satisfactory answer. Many of the gentlemen 

 present were teachers, or in official positions: Can they offer any sug- 

 gestions? 



Prof. Osborn said, one of the first difficulties in the way of interest- 

 ing students is, that we cannot offer them any profit from the studv. 

 They must study something that will enable them to get a living, and 

 Entomology is not one of the branches that offers many advantages in 

 that direction. He teaches Entomology, and creates a temporary interest, 

 which, owing to other serious duties of life, generally dies out, sooner or 

 later. 



Prof. Riley said, the matter is an important one, and deserving our 

 careful attention. The question of books, is a serious one, often asked 

 and not satisfactorily answered. There are so many, treating of different 

 groups or part of groups, that it requires a considerable library to study: 

 and this kind of work does not reach the popular mind, and is not whai 

 we need. Still we have no reason to complain of the progress of Entom- 

 ology: compare the state of the science twenty years ago with its present 

 condition, and it offers little to despair of. In the late edition of the 



