THE 



f ra{[tkal (Bnt0m0l00fet 



A MONTHLY BULLETIN, 



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

 knowledge among Agriculturists and Horticulturists. 



Vol. I. 



JULY 30, 1866. 



No. 10. 



Wxt frndical (Kttl0m0l0|)ist. 



a^' Published at the Hall of the Society, No. 518 South 

 Thirteenth Street, where all (except Western) communi- 

 catioDS should be addressed. 



J^~ Terms — SO cents a year, in advance. 



y^" All subscriptions must date from the commence- 

 ment of the volume. 



^S"Our Western Correspondents will please send their 

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

 Editor, Rock Island, Illinois. 



E. T. CRESSON, \ PnBLicATioN Committee 



AUG. R. GROTE, \ and 



J. w. McAllister, j editors. 



BENJ. D. WALSH, Rock Island, Illinois, 



Associate Editor. 



PHILADELPHIA, JULY 30, 1866. 



We repeat our request to those who feel in- 

 terested in the permanent establishment of the 

 Practical Entomologist, and who have not al- 

 ready sent in their names as subscribers for the 

 second year, commencing with October 1866, to do 

 so without delay, and not only send their indivi- 

 dual names, but also those of their friends and 

 neighbors. Almost every subscriber could induce 

 one or more of his or her friends to subscribe 50 

 cents a year to a really useful paper. 



Renewals come in pretty freely, and not only re- 

 newals, but some who now subscribe to only one 

 copy, have put down their names for ten, twenty 

 and even as high as fifty copies of the paper for 

 the second year, intending, no doubt, to distribute 

 copies among their friends and neighbors, and en- 

 deavor to secure their patronage for the third year. 

 Many could readily aflFord to take five or ten copies 

 of the paper and use them to much advantage by 

 introducing it into their neighborhood. 



We trust that our friends will exert themselves 

 and that we will have our complement of 5000 



copies subscribed for in time to announce the fact 

 in the last number of Volume I, due on the 30th 

 day of September 1866. 



We take the liberty of inserting here a few ex^ 

 tracts from letters received from subscribers in re- 

 newing their subscriptions; these will show how 

 the paper is appreciated by those who see the grea 

 importance of such a work. 



A subscriber, from Illinois, says: 



" As I regard your paper, I will rather go bail for fifty 

 subscribers for the next volume, at 50 cents each, than 

 have it stop. Don't think of giving it up — don't mention 

 such a thing, but give us a chance one year more to spur 

 them up." 



Another, from New York, says : 



" Please put me down for 10 copies of the new volume. 

 I have learned more than $5 worth from the nine num- 

 bers so far published, and I do not want the work stopped." 



Another, from the same State, says : 



"You may put my name down for another years' sub- 

 scription of your valuable paper ; all who know its worth 

 will not hesitate to send in their names, as 50 cents will 

 not break them. It is truly worth double that amount; 

 it is a paper that no farmer should be without." 



Another, from Pennsylvania, says : 



" I will subscribe for 10 copies of your valuable paper, 

 and hope you will not be allowed to discontinne it through 

 the apathy of the public. The study of our insect ene- 

 mies and friends is of importance to the whole nation." 



Another, from Virginia, says : 



'*I write to give timely notice of my wish to continue 

 my subscription to the ' Entomologist ' for the next year. 

 Tour Society has done a valuable public service during 

 this year, and I hope you will be encouraged to continue." 



Another, from the same State, says : 



" You may consider me a subscriber for the future, and 

 if it is necessary to pay double, I will cheerfully comply.** 



Another, from Ohio, says : 



"Please put me down as a subscriber to the ' Entomo- 

 logist' for the second year, commencing October next. I 

 consider your little paper both interesting and valuable, 

 and the small subscription price, fifty cents, is, I think, 

 small indeed compared with the real value of the paper. 

 Success to the enterprise." 



