C|e Canadian ttomologbl 



YoL. I. TORONTO, AUGUST 1, 1868. ]S^o. 1. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



For a long time the wielders of the Butterfly-net and Beetle-bottle in 

 Canada have been longing for some medium of intercommunication — some 

 mode of telling one another what they have taken, how and where they have 

 taken it, and what they are in want of. This desire the Entomological 

 Society purpose now to satisfy to some extent by the publication of the 

 Canadian Entomologist. It is but a few years since the Society itself began 

 as a little germ with a few members, and now we find it rapidly growing into 

 a goodly tree with its main trunk in Toronto, its thriving branches in London 

 and Quebec, and its scattered adherents all over the country. We trust that 

 the success of this publication may be somewhat similar ; it begins now with 

 a few pages, a limited circulation, and a very small supply of the necessary 

 funds, but we hope and believe, too confidently, perhaps, it may be — that it 

 will by and by grow and increase, and acquire goodly dimensions, and become 

 a handsome and valuable exponent of the progress of Entomological Science 

 in this Dominion. May we beg, then, that all zealous Entomologists around 

 us will come forward and assist the enterprise with at any rate their pens, if 

 not always with their purses too ! 



And now for a word as to the proposed character and contents of the work. 

 The Caîiadian Entomologist is intended to contain original papers on the 

 classification, description, habits, and general history of Insects ; the trans- 

 actions of the Entomological Society of Canada; short notices of new works 

 on Entomology ; accounts of the capture of new or rare species in Canada; 

 lists of specimens for exchange, and desiderata, by members; correspondence, 

 and answers to correspondents; notices to members, and suitable advertisments. 

 It will be published not oftener than once a month, and only when there is a 

 sufl5.ciency of suitable matter for publication ; its terms are gratis to members 

 of the Society ; 50 cents per volume of 12 numbers to non-members ; extra 

 copies will be sold at the rate of five cents each, or fifty cents per dozen. Any 

 contributions to the publication fund will be thankfully received and gratefully 

 acknowledged. 



