x PREFACE. 
of the first number of the American Entomology, 
yet not without solicitude for its fate. But a full 
ray of hope enlivens the future, by a retrospect of 
the many barriers that opposed the progress of the 
undertaking, that appeared at divers times almost 
insurmountable, and which by perseverance have 
been removed ; at this period warranting an honest 
exultation at the success with which a series of un- 
remitted efforts have heen productive. 
