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BROOKLYN MAY 1878. No. 1. 



In the year 1872 the Brooklyn Entomological Society was 

 first organized, with only five members. This number has been 

 constancy increasing, so that at the present date the success of 

 the Society is assured. In the mean time it has acquired a large 

 cabinet containing insects of the several orders, notablv Coleop- 

 tera, and Lepidoptera, and a valuable collection of publications 

 on Entomology, including some rare old works. 

 Since the first day of its organization, the Society has held its 

 regular monthly meetings ( on the first Saturday of every 

 month, ) and these have on many occasions been of great interest. 

 The members of the Society have long felt the necessity of having 

 some channel for giving publicity to the many matters of inte- 

 rest which constantly occur at its meetings, and have at last con- 

 cluded to issue a monthly Bulletin. 

 The contents of the Bulletin will be: 



1. Useful hints for practical collecting, exact time an 1 locality, 

 food-plants, approved ways for setting traps, etc. 



2. Report on the results of raising beetles in captivity, on their 

 larval state, time of duration etc. 



•3. Notes on raising butterflies. 



4. A list of new descriptions of N. A. Coleoptera & Lepidoptera 

 also of the alteration in the nomenclature. 



5. The 3d sheet of this publication is devoted to synoptic tables 

 alternatively on Coleoptera, and Lepidoptera; it may be pre- 

 served separately and will form in due time a complete illus- 

 trated Catalogue of these orders of Insects. 



6. The last pages are reserved for offers to exchange and adver- 

 tisements of interest to Entomologists. 



To partly defray the expenses of publication, the Bulletin will be 

 issued at the low price of 50 cts. per annum payable in advance- 



