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Manual ;" mainly with the view of making it showy and taking 

 with those who would be afraid of a book without pictures — but it 

 is not intended or expected that collectors should attempt to name 

 their specimens solely from the wood-cuts. 



Tabular views of the genera and families are given wherever 

 practicable, with the view of facilitating the naming of specimens. 



The generic characters are only briefly given, and only those 

 which are most conspicuous are noticed ; the structure of the palpi, 

 the venation of the wings and other microscopic distinctions on 

 which frequently the separation of genera has been founded, are 

 not alluded to ; they would have been misplaced in an elementary 

 work. 



At the commencement of each family or group some readable 

 generalisations are introduced, and the attention of the incipient is 

 called to the species he is first likely to meet with and the haunts 

 they frequent, thus rendering as profitable as possible the collector's 

 " first season." 



That two thousand copies of each number are sold within the 

 month, and that the sale of No. I. already exceeds 3,500, speaks 

 favourably for the desire of information it manifests in the bulk of 

 our collectors. 



The first volume will close with the fourteenth number, which 

 will bring the Noctuina to a conclusion. 



Before commencing the Geometrina it is necessary to wait for 

 the appearance of M. Guenee's work on that group. M. Guenee has 

 so well worked through the Noctuce, that it would be a sad pity, for 

 want of a little patience, to be unable to avail ourselves of his labours 

 among the Geometra. On the appearance of his volumes on " the 

 waves and carpets," we will at once set to work to carry out his 

 arrangement in " the Manual," but in the interim we trust our 

 readers, and the readers of " the Manual," will not be annoyed if a 

 few months' interval occurs between the appearance of No. XIV. 

 and of No. XV. " What is worth doing at all, is worth doing 

 well ;" and though as many of our readers are young, we cannot 

 expect them to be overstocked with patience, we trust they will 

 see the force of our reasoning:. 



ELEMENTS OF ENTOMOLOGY: An Outline of 

 the Natural History and Classification of British 

 Insects. By W. S. Dallas, F.L.S. In sixpenny 



