As stated in the Introduction this list is based on that of Paul Benoit (retired, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Sainte-Foy, PQ). We have had fruitful and enjoyable discussions with him about insect common names for many years. Extreme gratitude is also owed to many taxonomists at CLBRR who advised us of changes in the scientific names of several insect Orders.

Many people were consulted about names which might be dropped from Dr.Benoit's list and about those which might be or have been added to the new list. Among others, we are particularly grateful to : Eric Maw (aphids), Ed Becker (elaterids), Don Bright (scolytids) and Jean LeSage (chrysomelids), all of CLBRR, Ottawa, ON; Tony Thomas (butterflies), For.Can., Fredericton, NB; and Rob Cannings (dragonflies), on leave, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. We would also like to thank the following for their help with various groups of insects - On fruit : John Garland, Amalia Pucat and Harold Walther, all at Ag.Can., Nepean, ON; Mitch Trimble, Ag.Can., Vineland Station, ON; Sheila Fitzpatrick, Ag.Can., Vancouver, BC; Alison Smith, Ont.Min. of Ag. & Food (OMAF), Clarksburg, ON; Gerald Walker, OMAF, Vineland Station, ON; Linda Edwards, Integrated Crop Management Inc., Okanagan Centre, BC; and Debbie Henderson, E.S.Cropconsult Ltd., Vancouver, BC. - On vegetables : John Garland and Debbie Henderson. - On flowers : A.B.Broadbent, Ag.Can., Vineland Station, ON. - On nuts : Elmer Hagley, Ag.Can., Vineland Station, ON; John Gardner, OMAF, London, ON; and Sharon Clements, Ag.Can., Vancouver, BC. - On forage : Mark Goettel, Ag.Can., Lethbridge, AB; Julie Soroka, Ag.Can., Saskatoon, SK; Lloyd Harris, Sask.Agric., Saskatoon, SK; and C.R.Ellis, Univ. of Guelph, ON. - In greenhouses : Dave Gillespie, Ag.Can., Agassiz, BC; Bob Costello, B.C.Min.Ag. & Food, Cloverdale, BC; and Linda Gilkeson, B.C.Min.Env., Victoria, BC. - On trees : Paul Syme and Jean Turgeon, For.Can., Sault Ste.Marie, ON; John Borden, Simon Fraser Univ. (SFU), Burnaby, BC; and Peter Amirault, Forestry Protection Ltd., Fredericton, NB. - On livestock : Joe Shemanchuck, Ag.Can., Lethbridge, AB.

Helene Chiasson, Societe d'entomologie du Quebec representative on the ICNCC, advised us about some of the french common names.

With the permission of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants, Larry Speers, CLBRR, converted Dr.Benoit's computer tapes into a database. His advice about dBase has been most helpful and he was kind enough to print the first draft.

E.M.Belton thanks Peter Belton, SFU, for the use of his computer and, with SFU's permission, the use of his E-mail account and for his advice and moral support with DOS; and also many faculty and staff in the Biology Department for their help and encouragement, especially H.R.MacCarthy for his generous editorial advice.