﻿THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XXIII.] JANUAEY, 1890. [No. 320. 



VALEDICTORY. 



With the present number the ' Entomologist ' changes its 

 proprietorship, a change which has only been made once 

 previously during half a century, and was then from father to 

 son. Founded by the late Edward Newman in 1840, it was 

 continued for two years, and then became the ' Zoologist,' a 

 magazine which was to include, as it does to this day, diverse 

 branches of Natural History. 



By the year 1864, however, the entomological communications 

 had so increased as to demand a separate publication, and the 

 ' Entomologist ' was re-created to receive them. My late father 

 again edited the journal, and continued to do so until his death 

 in 1876. 



After his death, Mr. Carrington became Editor, assisted in 

 his duties by Messrs. Bond, Fitch, Frederick Smith and Jenner 

 Weir, Dr. Power and Dr. Buchanan White ; and on the deaths 

 of Mr. Smith and Dr. Power, Messrs. South and Billups 

 consented to join the staff. For their generous and long- 

 continued service, my hearty thanks are due to all these 

 gentlemen, as well as to our many contributors ; our relations 

 have always been most pleasant and cordial. 



It is not without much regret that 1 have coDsented to 

 forego a proprietorship which has become almost a family 

 tradition, and to break this long-established connection of 

 editors and proprietor. But it is the official bond only which 

 is severed ; the friendship remains unimpaired. 



entom. — JAN. 1890. B 



