THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Vou. XIX.] MARCH, 1886. [No. 274. 
EDITORIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 
Ir is with much pleasure that I have to announce, with the 
hearty concurrence of my colleagues, the addition of the name 
of Mr. Richard South, F.E.S., to the list of entomologists who 
have so long and so kindly acted as a committee of aid and 
reference, during the period I have held the position of editor of 
this Magazine. 
This being a fitting occasion, I should fail in my obligation 
to those gentlemen, if I neglected to avail myself of the 
opportunity to express my personal thanks to them, for the 
manner in which they have at all times readily given that cordial 
support which has contributed so largely to the continued and 
increasing success of the ‘Entomologist.’ I would further 
express my gratification, that although we have been thus 
associated for nearly ten years, until now one change only has 
occurred in our editorial staff, namely, the loss, by death, of our 
much esteemed friend, the late Frederick Smith. 
To introduce Mr. Richard South to our readers would be 
an act of supererogation on my part. He is so weél known, 
through his independent and careful investigations into the 
natural history of certain groups of European insects, and the 
excellent work he has done in the cause of systematic 
nomenclature of the British Lepidoptera, that the acquisition 
will be welcomed as a guarantee for further interesting com- 
munications from his pen. 
I have also to thank our very numerous contributors for their 
substantial assistance, and to remind others who write less 
ENTOM.—MARCH, 1886. H 
