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Official Bulletin of the Boston Entomological Club. "— — -^— '^ 



Samuel E. Cassino, 



Salem, Massachusetts. 



Publisher. 



Vol. I. 



December 15, 1917 



No. 13 



Editor's 

 Corner 



Thirteen numbers of "The Lepi- 

 dopterist" have been published 

 since November, 1916; the present 

 number completes Volume 1 of the magazine. It has 

 been said that no paper which specialized in this par- 

 ticualr branch of Entomology would receive sufficient 

 support, either financial or otherwise, to make it a 

 success. "The Lepidopterist" in the year 1917, has 

 proved exactly the opposite to be the case. We have 

 at present almost two hundred addresses on our sub- 

 scription list, seventy-five per cent of these being out- 

 side of New England. Many of the subscribers have 

 subscribed years in advance. We have received adver- 

 tisements from three of the largest Entomological 

 supoly houses in the country and from many of the 

 smaller collectors. Our "Trade Column" has always 

 been filled to capacity. Surely this is adequate finan- 

 cial support ! We have published many descriptions 

 of new species or varieties. There have been several 

 interesting "notes" on collecting trips, etc. These ar- 

 ticles have been contributed by various collectors and 

 we continually receive letters from subscribers com- 

 menting on the high standard of our articles and es- 

 pecially praising the illustrations which we print with 

 descriptions when they can be obtained. Surely, 

 this is not lack of support! The only objection we 

 have received is that the copies have invariably ap- 

 f)eared much later than they should. 



