AN ADDRESS TO 



AN ADDRESS 



TO 



YOUNG ENTOMOLOGISTS 



AT 



ETON, HARROW, WINCHESTER, RUGBY, 



AND AT ALL OTHER SCHOOLS. 



(By the Editor.) 



Almost every celebrated follower of Entomology has dated 

 his predilection for that pursuit from his school-boy days ; 

 consequently among those who now at school are fond of 

 Entomology, are concealed the Cuviers, the Kirbys, the 

 Erichsons, from whose labours we shall all derive instruc- 

 tion ere twenty years have passed away, and many who still 

 in round jackets and turn-down collars read these lines will, 

 before they are five years older, have materially assisted the 

 writer by their own observations; such is my firm conviction. 

 Have not I then a strong interest in increasing, to the utmost 

 in my power, the number of my readers, in urging each in- 

 dividual to increased assiduity and encouraging him to seek 

 information ? 



The feeling of admiration for butterflies, and a desire to 

 catch them, appears instinctive in almost every child ; those 

 who shrink from a beetle and fear a wasp or a dragon-fly, 

 feel no abhorrence at the sight of the butterfly; be it a garden 

 white, a peacock or a nettle tortoise-shell, it is alike admired 

 and pursued ; but many may be disposed to imagine that 



