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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



Coleoptera, since Stephens' Manual, 1839. Other orders were worked 

 up to date in subsequent issues, and where, as in the case of the 

 British dragon-flies, no work had appeared suitable for a standing 

 point, a full monograph was given. This eminently successful 

 publication was continued for twenty years, generally with a coloured 

 plate of the most interesting of the species then introduced as British. 

 Lists of entomologists, captures of rarities, and other interesting 

 matter filled up the various volumes. Stainton's Manual of British 

 Butterflies and Moths appeared in monthly parts, at fourpence each, 

 at this period, and on April 5th, 1856, was issued the first number of 

 the EnlomologisV s Weekly Intelligencer — the "dear old Intelligencer," 

 another of Mr. Stainton's popular productions. This;, more than 

 anything before or since, seemed to draw entomologists together, and 

 largely to increase their number. Mr. Staiiiton wrote in an attractive, 

 chatty style, free from the technicalities that mar so much of our 

 modern entomological literature ; and he always contrived to make 

 himself perfectly understood, even by those who had no previous 

 knowledge. The IiiteUiijenrer was intended to be a weekly paper, 

 issued during the collecting season only, and at the end of September, 

 1856, Mr. Stainton bade his readers " Good-bye " till the following 

 April. T/te Intelligencer was printed by Edward Newman, and on its 

 cessation he immediately announced The Suhfititnte, an imitation in 

 every respect of The Intelligencer. In the pages of The Substitute ap- 

 peared the first portion of what was afterwards completed and 

 published under the title of the •' Insect Hunters," a descriptive poem 

 in the peculiar metre of Longfellow's Hiawatha, in which he gives a 

 brief account of the distinguishing characteristics of the various 

 orders of insects. Whether The Substitute was successful financially I 

 do not know, but copies are now very scarce. After the first year 

 The Intelligencer appeared continuously, and there was no need for a 

 substitute. It was continued until 1861, the last number appearing 

 in September of that year. Mr. Blackburn made an attempt to con- 

 tinue it on the same lines, but he had not Mr. Stainton's attractive 

 style, and though The Intelligencer was greatly missed by the young 

 and rising entomological Avorld, the attempt was not successful, and 

 after the first year it was discontinued. 



In 1861 appeared the first number of the Entomologist's Montlibi 

 Magazine. Mr. Stainton was the editor-in-chief, and associated with him 

 were Messrs. Blackburn, McLachlan, Eye. and Dr. Knaggs. At the 

 end of the second volume Mr. Blackburn's name disappeared from the 

 title page, though he continued to be a contributor. Since than many 

 changes have been made, chiefly as death carried oft' the members 

 of the staff. Mr. McLachlan, however, still remains at his 

 his post, and is now editor-in-chief, after more than 33 years' con- 

 nection with the undertaking. Since its establishment this magazine 

 has maintained its place in the fore-front of British entomology. Mr. 

 Newman had long been conducting Tlie Zoologist, a magazine of 

 general natural history. He applied for the printing of Tlie Knto- 

 rnologisfs Mmthlij Magazine when it was first projected, but the 

 preference being given ito Messrs. Van Voorst, he retaliated by issuing 

 the second volume of The Kntowologist, to which the entomological 

 matter of Tlie Zoologist was transferred. The first volume of The- 

 Eiitoinohigist had been published in 1842, but subsequently dropped 



