PREFACE. Vll 



Every known collector in a district probably knows of seve- 

 ral collectors, among the lower classes; and though many 

 through jealousy would be unwilling to give up their names, 

 I hope there are enough liberally minded collectors to counter- 

 balance any such feeling. " 



Another writes, " most of the books on Entomology are 

 so very expensive as to be out of the reach of common folks 

 — if there could be a cheap book got up on Entomology, 

 written in a plain, simple style, with the latest given name 

 in English and the Latin one in italics, my opinion is, that 

 there would be a great many more books sold, and we should 

 hear of many more Entomologists, and likewise a great many 

 more rare insects being taken. Entomology appears to me 

 to want to undergo a radical reform ; there seems great con- 

 fusion heaped together in technicalities, synonyms, and bad 

 Latin names, not appropriate to their use ; in fact there wants 

 a ' Modern Model English Book on Butterflies and Moths, 

 for the Million.' " 



Now, with reference to the suggestion to publish a list of 

 Entomologists, I would gladly do this in next year's Annual, 

 if I find that the idea is generally palatable — and it would 

 be well to indicate not only the names and addresses of the 

 parties, but also the order to which they more particularly 

 devote their attention. 



As to bringing out cheap systematic works on Entomology 

 I shall be very glad to receive further suggestions, and may 

 be able to give some announcement on the subject in "the 

 Annual for 1856 ;" with reference to the necessity of writing 

 intelligibly to the many, I cannot do better than refer to the 

 following extract from the preface to Newman's " History of 

 Insects." 



