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A MONTHLY BULLETIN, 



Published by the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, for the dissemination of valuable 

 knowledge among Agriculturists and Horticulturists. 



Vol. I. 



MARCH 26, 1866. 



No. 6. 



®fe frECtical (KntootogtBt. 



_)!&- Published at the Hall of the Society, No. b\i South 

 Thirteenth Street, where all (except Western) communi- 

 cations should be addressed. 



^^~ Terms — 60 cents a year, in advance. 



_^S*A11 subscriptions must date from the commence- 

 ment of the volume. 



^^~Our Western Correspondents will please send their 

 communications direct to Benj. D. Walsh, M. A, Associate 

 Editor, Rock Island, Illinois. 



E. T. CRESSON, ") Pdblication Committee 



AUG. R. GROTE, \ and 



J. w. McAllister, j editors. 



BENJ. D. WALSH, Eock Island, Illinois, 



Associate Editor. 



PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 26, 1866. 



^^S- SPECIAL ITOXICK.-^^ 



When the Publication Committee of the Ento- 

 mological Society first discussed the propriety of 

 issuing a practical Journal of Entomology, the ques- 

 tion was debated whether a subscription price should 

 be charged. Anticipating a limited circulation, and 

 intending to devote a certain space for advertise- 

 ments, the Committee reasoned that the journal 

 would, by the receipts thus obtained, be self-sus- 

 taining, and should therefore be gratuitously circu- 

 lated for the public good. 



Under the laws of the United States, publications 

 for which no charge is made are rated as circulars, 

 and postage must be paid in advance of carriage ; 

 hence the rule adopted by the Committee for Sub- 

 scribers to forward the postage when sending their 

 applications. This has been, as our readers are 

 aware, the only charge exacted from them, and of 

 course no benefit has accrued to the Society from 

 such receipts. 



From the beginning of the enterprize, we have 

 been repeatedly urged by many of our subscribers 

 to make an annual charge for our paper. The chief 



reason advanced by them is, that the information 

 we give our readers, from time to time, is valuable, 

 and should be paid for. This is a conclusive argu- 

 ment, but our plan, originally, was to disseminate 

 a practical knowledge of Entomology among Agri- 

 culturists " without fee or reward." 



To a limited extent we can do this, but so rapidly, 

 and, we must confess, unexpectedly, has the circu- 

 lation of our paper increased, that we find the ex- 

 penses of our present issue to exceed considerably 

 the receipts from advertisements, and thus entail a 

 loss to be met out of the treasury of the Society. 



To meet this increasing demand, without en- 

 croaching upon the funds of the Soci<>ty — which 

 are devoted to other purposes — the Committee feel 

 that every one of our readers will agree with them, 

 that, under the circumstances, a small annual charge 

 is proper. We therefore announce that all new 

 subscribers must remit fifty cents for one year's 

 subscription. 



Our contract with all subscribers made under the 

 terms heretofore published, will be carried out; but 

 upon the expiration of their year (in September 

 next), must remit fifty cents, to continue their sub- 

 scriptions. 



This small charge will barely cover the cost of 

 the white paper used, but will enable us to meet 

 the increasing demand. We ask all our readers to 

 co-operate with us in extending the usefulness of 

 our paper by securing as many subscribers in their 



vicinity as they can. 



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J^^Last month's number contained twelve pages. 

 The present number is of the same size, and under 

 our new arrangement we hope to be able soon to 

 issue sixteen pages. 



I^^Show this number to your neighbors, and 

 urge them to subscribe. 



