Che Canarian Entomologist. 
VOL. IV. LONDON, ONT., el, ia No. 8. 
THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 
Our readers will no doubt be pleased to learn that the condition and 
prospects of the Entomological Society are now eminently satisfactory. 
The roll of membership has been increased by upwards of forty names of 
new members during the current year. The Library, which now begins 
to form a very important feature in the attractions and usefulness of the 
Society, has been largely added to; among the rare and valuable books 
lately acquired, we may mention an excellent copy of Westwood’s edition 
of Drury’s Exotic Entomology, in three volumes, quarto, containing one 
hundred and fifty well executed coloured plates ; Boisduval & LeConte’s 
North American Lepidoptera, a scarce old book, containing 78 coloured 
plates; a complete edition of Kirby & Spence in four volumes, published 
in 1822; a good copy of Curtis’ Farm Insects, containing 16 coloured 
plates, and a host of admirable wood-cuts ; Boisduval & Guenee’s Lepi- 
doptera, in seven volumes, handsomely illustrated ; Westwood’s Classifi- 
cation of Insects ; Agassiz’s Lake Superior; besides many new works of 
value, and sets, more or less complete, of the publications of several 
leading scientific societies. We aim at the formation, in time, of a com- 
plete library of works upon American Entomology, supplemented by the 
leading publications of European countries. In this object it is in the 
power of many of our readers to afford us material assistance. Authors’ 
own publications, the proceedings of Societies, gifts of books or donations 
in money to the Library fund, will always be most acceptable. 
The Society has recently transferred its quarters from the City Hall, 
London, where it occupied a room kindly provided free of rent for some 
-years by the City Corporation, to more accessible and convenient apart- 
ments on the corner of Dundas and Clarence Streets. Members and 
visitors will find in these rooms the cabinets and library of the Society, 
and every facility for the comparison and study of specimens. 
The property of the Society has recently been enriched by the ihouete 
ful bequest of its late lamented member and former Secretary-Treasurer, 
the Rey. James Hubbert, Professor at St. Francis College, Richmond, 
P.Q. Shortly before his death, which occurred in Florida, whither he had 
