THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 
APPEALS FOR AID. 
The fine old Entomological Society of London, founded in 1834, 
and which, since 1875, has been meeting at 11 Chandos Street by the 
courtesy of the Medical Society of London, has, through the growth of 
its library, outgrown its quarters and is practically forced to move. 
It has bought a house at 41 Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, near 
the Natural History Museum, and is leasing a portion of the building to 
the Imperial Bureau of Entomology. The cost price of the property 
was ten thousand pounds, and an additional sum is required for 
furnishing. 
The cost price has been largely met by subscriptions from members, 
both as donations and as loans, the loans being secured by a debenture 
on the property and bearing five per cent interest. After exhausting 
the available resources of the resident members, there still remains a 
sum approximating fifteen hundred pounds, and the Society is making 
an appeal to foreign members, to entomologists in the dominions, and 
to interested entomologists in other parts of the world. Donaticns 
and loans are received by the Treasurer of the Society, Mr. W. G. 
Sheldon, who may be addressed at 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish 
Square, London, W. I. 
The London Society is the oldest of the great entomological societies, 
excepting the Entomological Society of France, which was founded a 
year earlier. Its Transactions and Proceedings have been largely used 
by American entomologists, and many of the latter when traveling 
abroad have been welcomed at the meetings of the Society and have 
cordially been given the use of the magnificent library. 
