Official Organ of the Florida Entomological Society. 
VOL. 1 SUMMER NUMBER 
June 215 1917 
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THE FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
ITS HISTORY AND AIMS) ~*~ 7/opy,) 
On January 5, 1916, eleven men interested in entomology, met 
at the University of Florida and formed the Florida Entomolog- 
ical Society. The editor of the Entomological News, published 
in Philadelphia, in noting this event, stated that ours is the first 
entomological society to be formed in the South. The first of- 
ficers were: President, J. R. Watson, Experiment Station; vie 
president, Wilmon Newell, Plant Commissioner; secretary-ti: : 
urer, R. N. Wilson, U. S. Bureau of Entomology ; member of the 
executive committee, Dr. H. S. Davis, Department of Zoology, 
University of Florida. 
Since then monthly meetings have been held except during the 
summer months, June to August. Several special meetings have 
also been called. 
There is presented at each meeting one or more papers on 
some entomological subjects. These are freely discussed by the 
members present. Under the heading of “Brief and Timely 
Notes” members present observations on insects that appear to 
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