THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 8.] NOVEMBER, MDCCCLXIV. [Price 6d. 



Analytical Notice of the * Transactions of the Entomolo- 

 gical Society of New South Wales.'' Vol. i. Parts 

 I. and II. 8vo. 206 pp. letter-press, and ten Plates. 

 Price 6s. each Part. 



Nothing can mark in a more unmistakable manner the 

 rapid progress of an infant colony than its indulgence in the 

 amenities of Science. There is no era in a nation's history 

 so rude as to reject exciting amusements, such as the race- 

 course or the stage : these follow the acquisition of wealth 

 as invariably as wealth itself attends on persevering industry. 

 With Science the matter is entirely different : there is little 

 excitement, still less show, and a minimum of repute in 

 studying those forms of life which offer a field for scientific 

 research, and occupy the hours and the thoughts of the 

 humble-minded, the studious, and the retiring man. 



A colony must have passed through the ordeals attendant 

 on the first struggle for existence, — must have subsequently 

 drank deep of the more exciting pleasures and occupations 

 of life, — before it can settle down into the quietude of ob- 

 serving and recording those minute differences of economy 

 and form which constitute materials for a superstructure of 

 Science. 



New South Wales has passed through this ordeal, — has 

 drank the cup of so-called pleasure almost to the dregs, — 

 and has now found breathing-time and leisure for more 

 ennobling pursuits. 



It is with heartfelt satisfaction that I receive, as an evidence 

 of this progress, two numbers of a journal of which I can 

 truly say they would do credit to any country and to any 

 age. I will not insult the Society from which they emanate, 

 by saying that these 'Transactions' are very well for a 

 heginning ; that they do credit to colonial industry, skill, 

 or knowledge ; that they are very creditable tinder the cir- 

 cumstances : grudging praise of this kind would be as 



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