Kovács I. Endre szerk.: Rovartani Közlemények (Folia Entomologica Hungarica 16/22-30. Budapest, 1963)

a single organization. It ia vitally important for the unity and the active life of the Society to secure close interaction between its members. There are two means to achieve this; end: the lectures and a periodical. The officers of the Society realized from the very beginning the importance of the lectures and guaranteed ther as a part of the program. Every member has opportunities * introduce the results of his studies, and, reciprocal?.; , increase his knowledge by attending the lectures of the regular monthly meetings. Thet in the past the lectures and meetings failed to become the connecting link between the professionals and the amateurs, - and here I have in mind the times before 1937 - any of several factors might hive been the cause. Very possibly the most decisive one was that the entomologists of the National Museum, with some exceptions, could not he persuaded to participate in the spiritual leadership of the Society. Nor was there always a keen interest in the lectures. Furthermore, the Society had no adequate rooms for the meetings, so that, for a time, these were held in the private rooms of restaurants, - which again might have repelled a number of members from attendance. Lack of organization could also have been a source of disinterest. In the life of the Society, revived after 194-5, the lectures played an especially important and significant role. It was again proven that regular and interesting lectures of a high standard represent a substantial rallying force. The other important connecting link between the members is the periodical. The Society had no organ of its own until 1923. The „Rovartani Lapok" /Entomological Gazette/ was,up to that time, E. CSIKI'

s private venture, who allotted some space for also-" Society activities. Subsequently to World War I, the publication of the Rovartani Lapok was disconti-