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Official Bulletin of the Boston Entomological Club. 



Rudolf C. B. Bartsch Editor 



46 Guernsey St., RosHndale, Mass. 



Vol. 1 



June 15, 1917 



No. 9 



VAii * ^^ announcing the t\vice-a- 



C^aitor s j-jionth publication of The Lepidop- 



Corner terist we received many letters 



commenting favorably on our efforts but we must 



have the support of all Lepidopterists if we hope to 



make our venture successful. 



Every collector either has material which he wishes 

 to dispose of, or there is certain material which he is 

 anxious to secure. An "ad" in the trade column in 

 either case will help the collector and at the same time 

 help to support the paper. Are you doing your little 

 bit for The Lepidopterist? If not, why not? 



It is claimed by one of our contemporaries that it 

 is impossible for a paper to specialize on one branch 

 of Entomology and be really a success, for there are 

 not enough men in any one branch to make a paper 

 succcessful. We disagree with this claim for we know 

 that there are over 1000 Lepidopterists in the United 

 States and Canada and we have a very large percent- 

 age of them on our books. It has been said that the 

 dominant idea of our paper is commercialism. That 

 is correct. We believe in it, and it is only through 

 the medium of a paper of the type of The Lepidop- 

 terist that a collector can buy or sell with any degree 

 of satisfaction. Are you making the most of your 

 opportunity? 



