THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 109.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1858. [Price Id. 
THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
At the present day, when sanitary 
science is so much studied, it seems 
scarcely credible that fifty human 
beings should he permitted to shut 
themselves up for two hours, once a 
month, in a small room, the atmo- 
sphere of which would infallibly be- 
come highly vitiated if twenty persons 
were confined in it for the same length 
of lime. Tf any one thinks we draw an 
exaggerated picture, let him enter the 
Meeting-room of the Eutomological 
Society of London, some evening to- 
wards the close of the Meeting; the 
heat and the oppressive atmosphere 
will certainly strike him as most un- 
healtliy ; the moisture is condensed in 
streams on the windows, and not un- 
frequently we have seen the windows 
frantically opened (when the external 
atmosphere was not peculiarly genial), 
from the intense desire on the part 
of the unhappy inmates to breathe a 
purer, fresher atmosphere, and to ob- 
tain for their lungs a fresh supply 
of oxygen. Many iutelligeiit Members 
of the Society are unable to attend the 
Meetings on account of the crowded 
state of the rooms and the oppressive- 
ness of the vitiated atmosphere : a 
head-ache is a serious matter to some 
constitutions. Can nothing be done to 
remedy this evil ? 
The Entomological Society is con- 
tinually electieg new Members, and it 
is palpable that, if these Members are 
expected to avail themselves of the 
privilege of attending the Meetings, 
some provision must be made for their 
accommodation, and, as we observed 
last week, the existing Meeting-room 
of the Society does not accommodate 
{i. e. render comfortable) those who 
habitually attend. 
Why, we have repeatedly seen one 
of our greatest entomologists standing 
in a remote corner of the Meeting- 
room, because, having arrived late, 
every seat is occupied, and there is 
scarcely standing space, except in the 
two corners beside the fire-place. 
What is everybody’s business is no- 
body’s business, and so it is not the 
special province of any one to call 
attention to the Jiecessity which exists 
of the Society having a larger Meetings 
room. 
The Meeting-room ought to be at 
least three times the size of the present 
one ; of course there would be addi- 
tional expense, but it is an expense 
which must be incurred, and which 
would be remunerative. The Eiito- 
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