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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY, 1897. 



WITH the present number we begin volume eight and another 

 mile-post is passed in our entomological journey. Another year 

 has commenced and we wish it may be a very happy one for all 

 of our entomological friends. The NEWS is progressive, and in 

 spite of the trying financial depression of the past two years it 

 will be our effort to grow and improve as in the past. We have 

 made many warm friends in our journey, and we hope we mav 

 continue to merit their approval and win new laurels in the field 

 of entomological journalship. We are guided entirely by an 

 unselfish love for our interesting study and have no other motive 

 for existence. On our cover this month we present the likeness 

 of the " Father of American Entomology" who surmounted dif- 

 ficulties unknown to the students of the present day, and his 

 example should encourage all to a renewed effort in the cause 

 of science. He was almost alone in his studies and a pioneer in 

 a field that was often ridiculed, but we can congratulate ourselves 

 at the present day that the value and importance of our study is 

 universally recognized by all intelligent people. 



" What are those fellows running around for in that field ?" 



" Why, they are naturalists." 



" Oh, yes ! I see, catching gnats." 



