PRIZE ESSAYS 
OF 
THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
—— 
As an inducement to the study of Economic Entomology, and 
with a view to increase the practical utility of the Entomological 
Society, the Council offers Two Prizes of the value of Five 
Guineas each to be awarded to the authors of Essays or 
Memoirs, of sufficient merit and drawn up from personal obser- 
vation, on the anatomy, 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 pre- 
vention of their attacks or the destruction of the insects them- 
selves. 
One of the Prizes offered for 1865 was awarded to Alexander 
Wallace, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.P., of Colchester, for his Essay 
on “ Ailanthiculture.” 
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), &c. On the present 
occasion, the selection is left to the candidates themselves, pro- 
vided 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 of November, 
1866, when they will be referred to a Committee 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 pub- 
lished by, the Society. 
