Feb., 1920 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 25 



EDITORIAL. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL JOURNAL AND THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 



STUDENT. 



One of the uses to which entomological journals may be most 

 profitably put is that of introducing students in entomological 

 courses to the present day progress of the science. 



This might well be promoted by those in charge of these 

 courses, who could recommend that each student subscribe to at 

 least one of our standard journals. 



Modesty as well as wisdom forbidAis to single out any one of 

 these publications, but it is possible (or a selection to be made so 

 that all may be covered and so that the student may gain a first- 

 hand and personal and proprietary interest in the periodical 

 literature of the subject. With discreet choice among those of 

 smaller cost, a student specializing could gain the nucleus of a 

 working file of current publications. 



ON FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN ENTOMOLOGY. 



While going over a very extensive bibliography in one of our 

 really important American contributions to entomological sci- 

 ence, I ran across this title, here quoted exactly as printed : 



" Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amerique dans les 

 royaumes d'Oware a Saint Domingue et dans les etats unis 

 pendant les annes 1 781-1797." 



Every serious worker will at once recognize the title of Palisot 

 de Beauvois' work. It is my text. 



It is to be presumed that the author of the work first referred 

 to sent this entry correctly capitalized, accented and punctuated 

 to the publisher. The printer, following the American practice 

 omitted capitals except for what he thought were proper names ; 

 he also did not have or deliberately omitted every • accent ; and 

 finally, all superfluous commas were removed. Translated back, 

 this rendering of Palisot's title reads : 



"Insects collected in Africa and in America in the king- 

 doms of Oware in Saint Domingo and in the united states 

 during the years 1 781-1797." 



Whereas what it really says is : 



" Insects collected in Africa and in America, in the King- 

 doms of Oware and of Benin, at Saint Domingo and in the 

 United States." 



