THE 



Pra^tkal ®nt0m0l00fet 



A MONTHLY BULLETIN, 



Published by the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for gratuitous distribution 

 among Farmers and Agriculturists. 



Vol. I. 



FEBRUARY 26, 1866. 



No. 5. 



®hc frHdical (8itt0mi)kuist. 



_^^- Published at the Hall of the Soniety, No. 318 South 

 Thirteenth Street, where all (except Western) communi- 

 cations should be addressed. 



Jl^" Those wishing to receive the BrLLETiN regularly, 

 should send, with their names and address, 12 cents to 



S repay the postage for one year. All subscriptions must 

 ate from the commencement of the volume. 

 E. T. CRESSON. 1 Publication Committee 



AUG. R..GROTE. \ and 



J. w. McAllister, J Editohs. 



BENJ. D. WALSH, Rock Island, Illinois, 



Associate EoiTon. 



PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 2G, 1866. 



4®" We are gratified to be able to state that the 

 circulation of our little slieet has increased rapidly, 

 and will soon reach eight thousand copies monthly. 

 To our many friends who have taken us by the 

 hand and helped us on, we return our sincere 

 thanks. When we launched our little bark it was 

 with some misgivings; the idea — though not a new 

 one in other branches of science — was new in the 

 department on which we designed to treat. Ento- 

 mology, strange as it may appear, has comparatively 

 few students. While in other departments of Nat- 

 ural Sciences students arc obliged to search in dis- 

 tant places for the objects they desire for investiga- 

 tion, the Entomologist can, at his own hearth, in 

 his own garden, on the street, in the very air he 

 breathes, find some object worthy of his study and 

 research. With the material on every hand, it 

 seems strange that so few have become lovers of 

 this really beautiful branch of the Natural Sciences. 

 But apart from the scientific investigations of the 

 subject, it has a practical value, and the demonstra- 

 tion of this feature is the mission of our monthly 

 journal. Avoiding all scientific terms (as near as 

 we can) in the descriptions of insects, we endeavor 

 to reach the plain practical farmer, showing him 



who are his friends and who are his enemies. With 

 this object in view, we shall endeavor to make our 

 journal a necessity among those for whom it is in- 

 tended. 



The encouragement we have received incites us 

 to new energy. Three editions of our first three 

 numbers have already been printed, and from pre- 

 sent indications, we shall soon publish a fourth. 

 This extra labor has caused some delay, and quite 

 a number of orders remain unfilled, but will be at- 

 tended to promptly. Our advertising columns are 

 becoming well filled, and the business man will soon 

 learn their value. From Canada to Virginia, and 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast, our little 

 paper takes its monthly journey, and as soon as mail 

 communications are opened through the Southern 

 States, our circulation will be still more largely in- 

 creased, and form a most valuable medium for ad- 

 vertising. 



The labor bestowed upon this paper may not be 

 appreciated by those ignorant of the variety of mat- 

 ters necessarily brought to the notice of the Editors, 

 but it is nevertheless cheerfully, willingly and gra^ 

 tuitously done, with no other reward than the sat- 

 isfaction of imparting valuable information. 



Jg^'We call attention to the "Proceedings" of 

 the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, adver- 

 tised in this number. An edition of only 250 co- 

 pies was printed of Vols. 1 — 4, and but few copies 

 remain to be sold. The Publication Committee, in 

 another column, solicit subscriptions for 1866 ; those 

 desiring a copy will please forward their names as 

 early as possible, so that the subscription list may 

 be made up. The Committee propose to issue a 

 number of about 100 pages, every three months, 

 making a volume of 400 pages and several plates for 

 S.3, which will scarcely cover the cost of publication. 



