PROSPECTUS 



OF 



PRIZE ESSAYS 



SUBJECT OF NOXIOUS INSECTS AND REMEDIES 

 FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION. 



It being one of the principal objects of the Entomological Society 

 OF London to render their labours practically useful, the Council 

 have resolved to appropriate the annual sum of Five Guineas, or a 

 Gold Medal of the lilie value, to the Writer of the best Essay (to 

 be dravi^n up from personal observation) upon the natural history, 

 oeconomy, and proceedings of such species of insects as are obnoxious 

 to agricultural productions, to be illustrated by figures of the insects 

 in their different states ; together with the result of actual experi- 

 ments made for the prevention of their attacks or the destruction of 

 the insects themselves. 



The subject of the Essays for the year 1836 to be the Coccus of 

 THE Pine Apple. 



The Essays must be accompanied by testimonials of the success of 

 the remedies proposed by the Writers, and must be forwarded to the 

 Secretary, (at No. 17, Old Bond Street,) with fictitious signatures, 

 on or before the Fourth Monday in January 1S37, when they will 

 be referred to a Committee to decide upon their respective merits, 

 after which, with the permission of the Writers, both the Prize Essay 

 and any others of value will be published. 



The Essays must be respectively accompanied by a sealed letter, 

 indorsed with the fictitious signature adopted by each Author, and 

 inclosing the real name of the Writer. 



