THE REV. CHARLES JAMES STEWART BETHUNE. 



We are glad to publish a portrait of the President of the Entomological 

 Society of America, the Rev. Charles James Stewart Bethune, M. A., D. C. L., 

 F. R. S. C. Dr. Bethune was born at West Flamboro, Ont., August 11, 

 1 838, and is therefore in his 76th year. He is hale, hearty, upright, and his 

 life is full of usefulness. He has been identified with the Entomological Society 

 of Canada since its organization in April, 1 863. Two of the founders, him- 

 self and Dr. Wm. Saunders, are still connected with the Society, and Dr. 

 Bethune was elected its Jubilee President last year. He was the editor of the 

 Canadian Entomologist at its birth in 1 868 and during the five succeeding years. 

 His friend, Dr. William Saunders, edited the magazine for the next thirteen 

 years, and Dr. Bethune was its editor during the next twenty-three years. He 



REV. CHARLES J. S. BETHUNE. 



retired from active editorial work in 1910, but was appointed Editor Emeritus 

 of the Canadian Entomologist by the Executive of the Entomological Society 

 of Ontario, which honorable position he still fills. 



Dr. Bethune has a world-wide reputation as a learned Entomologist and 

 has perhaps wielded a greater influence than any other scientist for the 

 upbuilding of entomological work in America. I am glad to publish his por- 

 trait as a slight tribute of gratitude to him for the personal kindnesses and cour- 

 tesies he has shown me and for those which he extended to my Father forty 

 years ago. I honor him for his life of great achievements, but I especially desire 

 to attest the fact that during all his life he has always been ready to lend a 

 helping hand to a beginner in entomology. 



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