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VOL. 1. 



ST. LOUIS, MO., AUaUST, 1869. 



NO. 12. 



CIj^ ^meiirait €niamolaQht 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 

 F. STXjnDLE-5r <te CO. 



104 OLIVE STREET, ST. LOmS. 



THE ("'LOSE OP THE FIRST VOLUME, 



.\ year ha.= nearly pas.-ed away .since our little 

 ciitorifrisc, The American Entomologist, was 

 launched. We have been highly gratified at the 

 nuuiner in which it has been received; and, 

 Judging- from the many coiigratnlatory letters 

 that have come to hand, it has not failed to give 

 some satisfaction. Indeed, very many of our 

 subscribers have expressed astonishment that 

 such a paper can be published at the low price 

 of $1.00 a year, and they wonder how we make 

 it pay. In truth, it has not paid, though we 

 were determined to carry it through to the end 

 of the volume according to promise. From the 

 number of names now on our subscription 

 books, and from the general interest manifested 

 in the undertaking, we feel confident that such a 

 publication as ours is needed, and shall con- 

 tinue it with the following changes: 



The .second volume, like the first, will consist 

 of twelve numbers, but in.stead of issuing these 

 numbers at regular monthly intervals, they will 

 be issued at intervals of about five weeks, in 

 order that the volume may end with the year 

 1870. 



Instead of 24 pages, as formerly, each number 

 will consist of 32 pages. 



The quality of the paper and of the ink will 

 be superior to that heretofore used, by which 

 means we hope to give still greater clearness to 

 i>ur illustrations. 



i;ach number will be protected by a cover so 

 .1- not to soil while being mailed. 



\Ve shall make the Answers to Cokrespond- 

 ENTS a more important feature of the paper, and 

 shall space the matter so that it can be read 



wiUi less difficulty. In short, we shall approach, 

 as near as possible, the appearance of the pres- 

 ent issue, which in typography and general 

 cast may be considered a sample of wh.-t the 

 future numbers are intended to be. 



The price will be $2.00 per volume in ad- 

 vance, and we shall continue to furnish one 

 copy free to any one sending us a club of five 

 names. 



If the above changes please our readers 

 we confidently believe they will, we hopi 

 and every one of them will obtain another 

 and send it along with the renewal of tl 

 own. In this way the present subscript! 

 might easily be doubled, and the Entomologi 

 be thereby thoroughly established. The fii 

 number of Volume II will be sent to no o 

 who does not order it, so send in your sub.scri 

 tions early ! 



We solicit communications on pertinent sn. 

 jccts both from our practical and scieiiti* 

 readers, and whenever such communicutioi 

 are of sufficient interest, we shall gladly pn 

 lisli them, but at the same time we shall ma 

 free use of the editor's prerogative of rejectii 

 whenever we deem it necessary. Het-etofc 

 we have paid nothing for what few commu' 

 cations have been published in our coluni 

 but believing that time is as valuable to oth 

 as to ourselves, we shall hereafter pay a libe, 

 price per page, for all articles that arc accept* 



In conclusion, we tender our most since 

 thanks to our numei'ous friends of the Agrici 

 tural and Horticultural Press, for their nia 

 kindly notices, and to those of our subscri 

 who have interested themselves in our be! ;■ 

 Hoping to still merit their favors, with b 

 wishes to all, we conclude the Fli-fe"!; Volume 

 The American Entomologist. 



Insect Barometers. — An exchange says th 

 " if the ants have cleared their holes nicely, ai 

 have piled the dirt up high, it seldom fails" to ii 

 dicate a clear day, though it may be cloudy \ 

 til 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Spider webs v 

 be very numerous about the tops of the gi 

 and grain some cloudy mornings; and ' .' 

 years' observation have shown the write; 



lese little weather gues 

 prediction of a fair daj'. 



