JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
1866. 
February 5, 1866. 
Sir Joun Lupsock, Bart., F.R.S , &c., President, in the chair. 
The President thanked the Society for having elected him to occupy the Chair, 
and nominated as his Vice-Presidents, Messrs.) W. W. Saunders, Westwood and 
Pascoe. : 
Prize Essays. 
The Prize awarded by the Council for an Essay “On Ailanthiculture” was 
presented by the President to the author, Dr. Alexander Wallace; and it was 
announced that the Council renewed the offer of last year, and would give Two Prizes 
of the value of Five Guineas each to the authors of Essays or Memoirs, of sufficient 
merit and drawn up from personal observation, on the anatumy, economy, or habits of 
any insect or group of insects which is in any way especially serviceable or obnoxious 
to mankind. The Essays should be illustrated by figures of the insects in their different 
states, and (if the species be noxious) must show the results of actual experiments made 
for the prevention of their attacks or the destruction of ‘the insects themselves. On 
some former occasions the Council has selected a definite subject, as e.g., the Coccus of 
the Pine Apple, the larva of Agrotis Segetum (the large caterpillar of the turnip), &e., 
but on the present occasion the selection is left to the candidates themselves, provided 
only that the subject be one fairly belonging to the Economic branch of Entomology. 
The Essays must be sent to the Secretary at No. 12, Bedford Row, indorsed with 
Mottoes, on or before the 30th November, 1806, when they will be referred to a Com- 
mittee to decide upon their merits; each must be accompanied by a sealed letter 
indorsed with the motto adopted by its author, and inclosing his name and address. 
The Prize Essays shall be the property of, and will be published by, the Society. 
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