PAPILIO. 



Prgan of tl^e ^ew Jork f ntomological piub. 



Vol. 1.] January 15, 1881. [No. 1. 



In issuing the first number of Papilio, as the organ of the 

 " New York Entomological Club," it is the hope of its projectors 

 that it will meet a want hitherto felt among students, and prove 

 its claims to favorable consideration. 



It will be devoted solely to Lepidoptera, the constitution of 

 the Club being such that the other orders of insects may receive 

 special investigation and publication, when the time arrives for 

 more extended fields of labor. 



Papilio will be issued about the fifteenth of each month 

 (except during the two midsummer months), the subscription 

 price being $2 per annum. 



Most of the distinguished entomologists of the United States, 

 among whom may be mentioned Dr. H. Hagen, Dr. Packard, S. 

 H. Scudder, W. H. Edwards, Dr. H. Behr, R. H. Stretch, Prof. 

 Lintner, etc., have approved the objects of the Club and promised 

 their valuable assistance. 



Subscriptions and communications should be addressed to 

 Mr. Henry Edwards, 185, East ii6th Street, New York City. 



A. R. Grote, ) „ ,,. ^. 



Hy. Edwards, i ^^bhcaton 



T. L. Mead, f ^ommtttee. 

 New York, January, 1881. 



ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENTOMOLOGICAL STUDIES. 



From an address recently made to the Farmers' Club of Onondaga County, by 

 Prof. J. A. Lintner, State Entomologist of New York. 



" Occasionally, at the present day, we may hear insects and 

 entomologists spoken of as 'bugs' and 'bug-hunters' — epithets 

 applied in derision to what are regarded as petty objects and 

 trivial pursuits. Such views only betray an ignorance which is 

 equally pitiable and inexcusable. The study of insects has as- 

 sumed an importance in its direct application to agriculture, hor- 

 ticulture and sylviculture, second to no other department of natural 



