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After ten years' editorial conneetiou with this Magazine, the present 

 seems a fitting time for my withdrawal. For some time past, increasing 

 professional duties have prevented mc from taking that active part in 

 the conduct of affairs which is clearly due from an Editor. In justice, 

 therefore, to our supporters, to my colleagues, and to myself, I con- 

 sider that the best thing to do under the circumstances is to resign ; 

 and I do so, not only without reluctance, but with extreme pleasure, 

 because, before taking this step, I am assured that a substitute for 

 me has been found in our friend Douglas (in himself a world of 

 insect-lore), who has consented to accept my duties and responsi- 

 bilities : such an acquisition to the staff must meet with approval 

 from all, as it is a guarantee that the Magazine will increase in value 

 and interest. I need hardly add, that the Entomologist's Monthly 

 Magazine will always have, as it has hitherto had, my heartiest wishes 



fur its success. 



H. GUAED KNAGGS. 



Kentish Town, N.W. : 

 May, 1874. 



The unavoidable retirement of my friend Dr. Knaggs having caused 

 a vacancy in the joint Editorship of this Magazine, and it having been 

 represented to me that I could not better serve the cause of Ento- 

 mology than by taking his place, I 'cannot resist the solicitations of 

 my friends to occupy the position of a member of the quadruple 

 alliance. Like Cincinnatus, I had retired from active duty ; recalled, 

 I return to it, not like him as a dictator, but as a co-worker in the 

 field I love, — corde et manu. 



J. W. DOUGLAS. 



15, Belgrave Tcrracp, Lee, S.E. : 

 May, 1874. 



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