4 DO YOU STUDY ENTOMOLOGY .' 



spirit stirred within him, and that he will be incited to a more 

 studious Entomological career : perhaps, however, his good 

 resolutions will all have evaporated before the morrow. 



No doubt it is felt by some as a difficulty that they have 

 no Entomological examinations to undergo : a Westwood 

 and a Newman may keep each other mutually up to the 

 mark, for if either makes a blunder, the other pounces 

 on it and parades it with great glee, as if it were a grand 

 prize, but the mass feel that their blunders are devoid of this 

 intrinsic value, and probably think that if they had a few 

 examinations, a sort of little-go and great-go in Entomology, 

 it would enable them to take more interest in it as a study ; 

 but judging from what one sees at present, it would only be 

 about once in ten years that any one would be found going 

 in for his " great-go," so poor is the crop of first-class Ento- 

 mological students. 



Another difficulty is that many of our younger readers 

 have no personal acquaintance with older Entomologists ; 

 they are in fact studying " without a master," and that class 

 of studies is very apt soon to degenerate so much as to be no 

 longer worthy of the name of study. It is only a few of 

 peculiarly persevering habits who are likely to examine 

 themselves thoroughly, to see clearly for their own satisfac- 

 tion what they have learned and what they have only 

 skimmed over. 



" What is to be done ?" some of our readers of course ex- 

 claim, and expect we are going to enter into a full and de- 

 tailed explanation. In this they will be disappointed : we 

 are content with calling attention to the disease, leaving to 

 each person to find out and apply the remedy which in his 

 case will be most beneficial ; if Ave prescribed they would 

 think they had only to try our prescription and to find it 



