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VOL. ni. BKOOKLYN, MAY, 1880. No. 1. 



A WORD TO OUR READERS. 



We herewith send you the first number of Vol. Ill of the Bulle- 

 tin. Among- entomological journals we can recommend it on the fol- 

 lowing- grounds : 



1. It is designed to be a depository of practical hints to collectors 

 of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, and it will in time become a complete 

 handbook of information upon this subject. 



2. It furnishes synoptic tables of the Coleoptera and Lepidoptera 

 of the United States up to the date of publication. These are care- 

 fully prepared by members of the Society, and are revised by our 

 leading authorities, Dr. Leconte, Dr. Horn, and Win. H. Edwards. 

 Every collector has check-lists and catalogues, but every one has felt 

 the need of a complete descriptive synopsis such as will here be given. 

 Some synoptic tables have been published in the past, but they are 

 fragmentary, scattered, or out of date. The ordinary collector can 

 not get them, or they do not serve his purpose. 



3. It furnishes an alphabetical list of scientific terms, such as are 

 used in technical descriptions in entomology, with their definitions. 

 This was begun with the second volume, and will be completed with 

 the present year. It is printed so it can be bound by itself, and is 

 worth more than the subscription price of the Bulletin. 



4. It furnishes these very cheaply, viz., $1 per annum. 



5. The Bulletin is not the organ of any individual person or 

 hobby. It aims for common sense, simplicity, and certainty in entomo- 

 logy. 



