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Editorial. 



From a slumber lasting twenty-eight years, the Bulletin 

 of the Brooklyn Entomological Society awakens, not like Rip 

 Van Winkle, to find itself aged and enfeebled, but replete with 

 vigor and strength. We are confident that in joining once more 

 the ranks of American entomological periodicals the Bulletin 

 will be accorded the right hand of fellowship and welcomed as an 

 additional medium of publication for the benefit of a rapidly 

 developing science. 



Not often is it vouchsafed to one of the founders of a maga- 

 zine to speak again through its pages after the lapse of so long 

 an interval; and the reminiscences of the honored as well as 

 honorary president of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 

 printed elsewhere in this issue, are therefore of peculiar interest. 

 For the benefit of those who are not familiar with the history of 

 the Society's publications, we may add by way of supplement to 

 Mr. Graef's article that the Bulletin was first issued in 1878 

 and discontinued publication in 1884 at the close of the seventh 

 volume. It was succeeded by Entomologica Americana, which 

 represented a consolidation between the Bulletin and Papilio. 

 The Bulletin will make a special feature of short notes, new 

 or noteworthy records and general observations. The longer 

 and more technical articles will ordinarily be printed in serial 

 form, but it has been necessary to depart somewhat from this 

 policy in the initial issue, which, therefore contains more than 

 the normal number of pages. The important contribution by 

 Mr. Alexander, however, being accompanied by a single plate, 

 could not very well be divided. In the next issue of the Bulletin 

 we shall include a number of short notes and also some interesting 

 Long Island records. 



The pagination of the magazine will be increased as our 

 subscription list warrants. This issue is being distributed exten- 

 sively among entomologists, and we advise those who wish to 

 secure complete sets to subscribe at once, as the edition is limited. 

 We may add that the publication committee has determined to 

 make no exchanges, for the reason that they would be of little use 

 to the Society under present conditions. Therefore, a subscrip- 

 tion will be necessary to secure copies of the Bulletin after the 

 present issue. 



