THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 23o.] SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1861. [Price Id. 
THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
We last week noticed the brain-work 
elaborated by the Entomological Society 
of London in the first four years of its 
existence, and we observed that the 
published papers read in 1834, ’35, ’36 
and ’37 were 30, 27, 22 and 22 re- 
spectively ; but we remarked further 
that of the twenty-two papers read in 
1837 more than half were published 
after the close of 1839, and several in 
1842 — five years after their perusal. 
The question now for consideration 
is whether any improvement in this 
state of affairs took place in subse- 
quent years. 
In 1838 twelve papers were read, 
nine authors contributing. 
In 1839 eleven papers were read, 
nine authors contributing. 
In 1840 seven papers were read, 
five authors contributing. 
In 1841 fourteen papers were read, 
four authors contributing. 
In 1842 seventeen papers were read, 
nine authors contributing. 
The year 1840 showed the greatest 
depression in the number of papers, 
and the following year the greatest de- 
pression in the number of authors ; in- 
deed, out of the fourteen papers in that 
year Mr. Westwood furnished seven and 
Mr. Waterhouse four. 
Now, when were these papers pub- 
lished ? The seven papers ready 
in 1840 were all published in 1842 
(except one, which remained till 1845) ; 
indeed, a great mass of arrears appears 
to have been cleared off in the year 
1842, as a number of papers read in 
1837, ’38, ’39, were published during 
that very year. 
Clearly then here was an improve- 
ment; only one of the papers read in 
1840 remained, like those of 1837, 
nearly five years unpublished : the 
others were all published in the year 
but one following. This is just as 
though at the present day all the 
papers read before the Entomological 
Society during 1860 were to appear in 
print in the course of the summer after 
this — 1862- — one only standing over 
till 1865. Yet twenty years ago such 
a consummation was a great improve- 
ment. 
A study of the luxuries of our fore- 
fathers most strongly impresses us with 
their extreme barbarism. 
Of the fourteen papers read in 1841 
two were published in 1842, four in 
1843, seven in 1845, and one in 1846. 
This looks like a retrograde movement, 
for more than half the papers remained 
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