Papii.to numbers among its friends four or five gentlemen who liave 

 cheerfully oifered to protect the Editor from any pecuniary loss, claim- 

 ing that his gift of the time necessary to read, and in many cases cor- 

 rect the copy for the printer, and to read the proofs twice, and in some 

 cases three times, besides carrying on the correspondence (which has 

 already exceeded three hundred and fifty letters) is about all that ought 

 to be expected of him. But as this simply means that they are willing 

 to pay to have copies of Papilio sent free to persons who are either 

 too indilTerent to its work or too glad to avail themselves of the charity 

 of others, it would naturally seem useless to continue its publication 

 tor a comparatively small number to whom the c(jlumns of the organs 

 of the various Societies are always open. 



While it is a cause of disappointment, it nevertheless, affords us con- 

 siderable relief to announce that, unless a more self-sacrificing and less 

 impecunious and business-like Editor can be found, Papilio will prob- 

 ably cease to exist at the end of this year. 



European VERSUS American Entomologists. — It has frequently 

 been said that the unseemly quarrels that have from time to time been 

 indulged in by certain American Entomologists have caused them to 

 be looked upon with a feeling of mingled wonder and disgust. This 

 has also been given as the principal difference between the brotherhood 

 on the two sides of the Atlantic, it being urged that, with the excep- 

 tion of their inability to keep their temper long at a time, the American 

 Entomologists are in no way inferior to their European fellow-students. 



We think, however, that we have found another difference, which, 

 from our standpoint, seems a very grave one. Papilio has a com- 

 paratively large number of subscribers in Europe, but only one debtor, 

 whereas the American subscribers have only paid up thirty per cent, 

 of their indebtedness. If this difference is to be found on the books 

 of the various Entomological magazines published in Europe (and it is 

 probable that the difference would be found to be even greater), then 

 there is very good reason for the very evident prejudice that is at first 

 encountered by all Americans who attempt to establish exchanges 

 across the water. 



The delay in the May-June number has been caused by the vex- 

 atious lack of punctuality on the part of the photo-lithographers, who 

 have had the reproduction of Prof. Gruber's plates in hand. Work 

 that was to have been finished in ' ' less than two weeks' ' has taken 

 over two months. 



Prof. Lintner's First Annual Report. — We hear with pleasure 

 that the Legislature of New York has authorized the publication of a 

 second edition of this valuable work for distribution among the agri- 

 culturists of that State. 



