ENTOMOLOGICAL MAGAZINE. 



SEPTEMBER, 1832. 



INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS. 



In the present advanced state of the science of Entomology, 

 it may be regarded as a httle singular that no distinct periodi- 

 cal publication, exclusively devoted to its general interests, has 

 hitherto appeared in this country. 



It is true that the Zoological Journal, and the Magazine of 

 Natural History, have partially supplied this deficiency ; but 

 the few papers which could be admitted on any one branch of 

 Zoology into the former, combined with the irregularity of its 

 appearance ; and the very general character of the latter, which 

 excludes sti'ictly scientific articles ; are reasons amply sufficient 

 to justify the present attempt to establish a Magazine, which 

 shall be wholly devoted to Entomology. 



The projectors consider themselves as possessing a strong 

 claim on the support of all the lovers of Entomology, having 

 undertaken the work without the slightest expectation of pecu- 

 niary advantage to themselves, but with a chsinterested desire 

 to promote the progress of a science to which they confess 

 themselves zealously attached. They contemplate no profit, 

 and all their anxiety is, that it may receive sufficient support 

 to guarantee them from actual loss. 



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