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BROOKLYN, IIPRIL, 1887. 



NO. L 



By the Retiring Editor. 



When, two years ago, I took Editorial charge of Enhmologka 

 Americana, it was without any l^nowledge or expectation that before the 

 end of the year I should leave Brooklyn, the city of its publication. In 

 the summer of 1885 I was appointed to the position of Assistant Curator 

 of Entomology in the U. S. National Museum, and it was considered that 

 it would still be possible to continue to control the publication, notwith- 

 standing the necessary change of residence. It was at that time and for 

 some time afterward, possible for me to get to Brooklyn for a few dap 

 every month or two, and the disadvantages resulting from a residence of 

 the Editor outside the city of publication, were reduced to a minimum. 

 Nevertheless some difificulties arose which induced the Editor to ask for 

 an assistant, and Mr. Geo. D. Hulst was elected to that position by the 

 Society. Since the summer of 1886 it has been impossible for me to get 

 to Brooklyn, except at rare intervals, and despite the best efibrts of all 

 concerned it was found impossible to get the numbers out as promptly as 

 theretofore. The loss of time in sending proofs twice to Washington for 

 correction, and the consequent tendency on the part of the printer to run 

 in notes on short pages on his own proof reading, resulted in some an- 

 noying errors." — all of which, and some other reasons not necessary to 

 enumerate, induced me to resign my position with the end of Vol. II, 

 and to decline a re-election. It is not without regret that I resign the 

 privilege of editorial communication with the Entomological World ; but 

 the good of the Journal in my opinion required it. Nevertheless, as a 

 contributor I shall hope to keep up my interest in the Journal and its 

 success shall be, as before, one of my most earnest efforts. It would be 

 in poor taste for me to praise mv own work, but I cannot refrain from a 



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