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The ' Gardener^s Chronicle.'' 



In the ' Gardener's Chronicle ' Mr. Westvvood has continued his 

 papers on Economic Entomology, with figures of the British ink gall, 

 the gooseberry saw-fly and its caterpillar, the Chrysanthemum field- 

 bug and the Seychelles Dorthesia. 



Royal Society'' s Medal. 



A circumstance yet remains to be noticed connected with the ento- 

 mological bibliography of our country, — the presentation, by the 

 Royal Society, of one of its gold medals to our friend and fellow- 

 member Mr. Westwood. In this act the Royal Society has done 

 honour to itself in thus admitting the claim of Entomology to a place 

 in the List of Sciences, and equal honour to Mr. Westwood, in ac- 

 knowledging and rewarding the invincible industry which he has 

 displayed during the past and many preceding years. 



Conclusion. 



Considered as a whole the entomological publications of 1855 do 

 credit to the country in which we live, and no feature is more agree- 

 able than their variety : descriptions of species and observations on 

 habit rival each other in the amount of notice they have obtained : 

 Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoplera have obtained 

 almost equal attention ; Crustacea and Arachnida have been brought 

 prominently forward ; and insects of all classes have been collected 

 abroad by our corresponding members, Messrs. Wallace and Bates. 

 There is, therefore, every ground for satisfaction at the progress we 

 are making, every reason for believing that entomology is progressing 

 and will progress amongst us, not perhaps to take a station by the side 

 of astronomy, mathematics or general physics, neither to be lauded 

 as eminently utilitarian; but to be cherished as affording healthful 

 occupation both to mind and to body, and as calculated to induce 

 those habits of correct observation and lucid definition which are 

 constantly available in every walk of life. 



