2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan. 



mologists en rapport with what is being accomplished in serials 

 and by monographs at home and abroad, and which will also give 

 the items of interesting news concerning explorations and ex- 

 plorers, collections and collectors, will, it is believed, win its way 

 into the good graces of the insect collecting fraternity. Such a 

 journal is only possible where its conductors are in close com- 

 munication with the literature of Entomology and the sister 

 sciences. Philadelphia, the possessor of the public libraries of 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences, the American Entomological 

 Society and the American Philosophical Society and several 

 private libraries rich in works on special branches of Entomology, 

 is generally conceded to occupy a position in this field unrivaled 

 in America. 



With this in view the Entomological Section of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with the co-operation and 

 financial aid of the American Entomological Society, have de- 

 cided to publish, beginning with this number, a journal to ap- 

 pear about the ist of each month, July and August excepted, 

 under the editorial and advisory direction set forth on the cover. 



Besides such scientific papers as will naturally appear in a journal 

 published under these auspices, there will be departments of 

 ' ' Notes and News, " " Queries and Answers, " " Exchange, ' * 

 " Doings of Societies," etc. Under the first it will be the object 

 of its conductors to make Entomological News deserve its 

 name in the widest sense. Under the second, so far as may be 

 possible, insects sent for determination will be named by members 

 of the Section and the results announced therein. The depart- 

 ment of ' ' Exchange' ' will be free to all under reasonable restric- 

 tions. And, finally, it will be the aim to give a brief r6sum6 of 

 the proceedings of the various Entomological Societies throughout 

 the W'orld. 



With liberal patronage and support from the Entomologists of 

 America and elsewhere, it is intended that Entomological 

 News shall grow into an important factor in every entomolo- 

 gist's work. It will be enlarged, and its scope modified or 

 increased, as its readers may seem to demand. This issue wall 

 give but a faint idea of what it is proposed shall be the scope of 

 Entomological News. Its conductors will be glad to receive 

 from its readers, at any time, criticisms of its work and suggestions 

 for its improvement. 



