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has done, we can be assured his Monograph will be above the average of 

 such works in value. It will not be simple a collection of pictures, as so 

 many are. Just here, we express a hope. It is, that Mr. Ragonot, as well as 

 all other Europeans describing American Insects, will have the generosity 

 and courtesy to place a set of types in some Museum in this country. 

 We have the profoundest regard for Zeller, Lederer, and Guenee, but so 

 far as our country is concerned, we are strongly af the opinion that they 

 have greatly hmdered the study and development of American Entomo- 

 logy. In case of all these, not to mention Walker, a large percentage of 

 their species is, after from 25 to 40 years, entirely undetermined. Ameri- 

 cans, who were not driven to other fields, have had to go on with their 

 own work, simply ignoring the species described by all these. 



We are glad to learn that Lord Walsingham has set a worthy example 

 in this respect, as most if not all of his species are represented by types in 

 America. 



We hope this example will be followed by all European Entomo- 

 logists hereafter. 



Surely, if our brethren across the water feel the need of retaining 

 their collections for their own study, there is no possible reason why all 

 types of American species should not be left by will, to some American 

 Institution instead of being buried in some European Museum, and thus 

 made utterly useless. 



In all cases where species are not so placed that those interested in 

 them can obtain comparatively easy access to them, there is only one 

 thing for Americans to do, viz : to entirely ignore them. To Mr. Grote 

 Americans owe a vast debt of gratitude for following this course. Many 

 of his species will likely fall before the as yet unknown ones of Zeller, 

 Lederer, Guenee, and Walker, but those who realize what he did for 

 American Entomology will never cease to give him the gratitude he has 

 merited for daring to do and starting America forward in doing her own 

 work. 



It might be an excellent object lesson, for some enterprising American 

 to purchase all types of European Lepidoptera yet possible, and deposit 

 them in the Cambridge, Philadelphia or Washington iMuseums, that it 

 may be seen by others how pleasant it is to deal with material from 3000 

 to 5000 miles away ! 



At all events we hope hereafter every American will furnish material 

 to the workers across the sea, only on condition that a complete set of 

 types be deposited with some IMuseum or specialist in America. This 

 may be selfish, and may be called unscientific, but it is the right of the 

 majority which we believe in, and is, we believe, for the best interests of 

 Science. Geo. D. Hulst. 



