PREFACE. IX 



but to the great grief of naturalists, and to the great honour 

 of Providence, very rarely found, infinitely larger than the 

 common earwig." This scientific information occurs in 

 Chapter III., Part VII., of that clever novel. 



Several of the suggestions received from correspondents 

 on the appearance of "The Annual " last year are now in 

 process of being carried out, and we shall he very thankful 

 to receive any further suggestions. The object of the Annual 

 is to be useful; and if its utility can be in any way increased, 

 we shall be happy to profit by the ideas of others, having a 

 firm conviction that when new ideas are not accepted simply 

 because not our own, it will be a sign of old age and a warn- 

 ing that it is time to retire from the Editorship of " The 

 Entomologist's Annual." 



I would hope that each Entomologist who reads these 

 pages will not only derive pleasure and instruction from 

 them, but also find his usefulness increased. 



H. T. STAINTON. 



MOUNTSFIELD, LEWISHAM, 



December 7th, 1855. 



