world. In the last part of the Transactions of the Linnean Society is 

 a paper by the Rev. F. W. Hope, describing a number of very splendid 

 insects from Assam in the East Indies, and illustrated by beautiful 

 figures. The mere mention of this paper is all that is necessary on my 

 part, as Mr. Hope's name as an entomologist is so vv'ell know^n, that 

 anything from his pen requires no further comment. In the same 

 part of these Transactions will be also found very interesting papers 

 by Mr. Westwood and Mr. Blackwall ; the former a Synopsis of 

 the curious Coleopterous genus Cerapterus, and the latter on Spi- 

 ders, pointing out how this portion of the animal kingdom may be 

 divided into tribes from the number of the eyes, and also describing 

 a new family and some new genera and species among the same class 

 of animals. It would take me too long to detail the various papers 

 which have appeared in different publications on the subject of En- 

 tomology during the last year ; but there is one more which I must 

 mention, a paper by Mr. J. Curtis in the Transactions of the Royal 

 Agricultural Society, on the insects affecting the turnip crop. This 

 is written with the usual care and ability of its well-known author, 

 and is highly deserving of a place in the Transactions where it has 

 appeared. 



The publication of the Transactions of our own Society continues 

 to progress, and the character of the Society is well kept up as far as 

 regards the matter of what is published, and the manner in which 

 the publication is brought out ; but I should very much wish to see 

 more than one part published yearly, and I shall venture to urge the 

 propriety, if possible, of publishing two parts each year, one every six 

 months. I think this might be managed by adopting the style of 

 engraving employed in the last part, the expense of which is con- 

 siderably reduced ; and I have no doubt, if we published more fre- 

 quently, it would have the effect of much increasing the number of 

 our foreign members, who really at the present time receive little 

 for their yearly subscription. Although we publish our Proceedings, 

 by which means the labours of our members are brought immediately 

 before the public, yet our papers are greatly accumulating, and it is 

 quite evident that the publication of more than one part of our Trans- 

 actions yearly is necessary to keep down the stock in hand, and brino- 

 them before the world, unless we allow an unwarrantable time to 

 elapse between their being read at our meetings and their publica- 

 tion. If the funds of the Society will allow it, these reasons I think 

 should induce us to publish more frequently, and I hope to find that 

 the members will agree with me in the opinion I have formed. 



