THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 175.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1860. 
THE COMING SEASON. 
The lengthened evenings remind us 
that the period of inaction — the armi- 
stice in which entomologists and in- 
sects indulge in the winter time — is 
fast passing away. The first captures 
of 1860 will soon be making their 
appearance in our pages : may there 
be first captures in all orders, and not 
only in the too-exclusively-investigated 
orders of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera! 
There are few subjects on which 
we reflect with a greater feeling of 
pain than the absolute neglect which 
so many orders experience from the 
professed votaries of Entomology. “ It 
is because those orders are not taken 
up, that no one does take them up.” 
We cannot accept this as a sufficient 
answer. Auv one individual with suffi- 
cient capabilities accurately to distin- 
guish species, and with sufficient eneigy 
and determination, has it in his power to 
turn a certain amount of entomological 
opinion upon any order he may choose 
to select as his own peculiar proteyL 
Of this we entertain not the slightest 
doubt; but the many will swim with 
the stream. The Coleoptera are now 
dividing public favour with the Lepi- 
doptera ; but were all our leading 
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beetle-hunters suddenly abstracted from 
us, would the pursuit of Coleoptera 
then be as fashionable? 
We are pleased to see that M. Dey- 
rolle, of Paris, has brought out a new 
edition of his ‘Guide du Jeune Ama- 
teur,’ styled the ‘ Nouveau Guide de 
l’Amateur d’lnsectes,’ in which he has 
noticed on all the orders, written by 
some of the best men of the day; 
thus the Coleoptera are treated on by 
M. Leon Fairmaire; the Orthoptera by 
M. Brisout de Barneville ; the He- 
miptera by M. Siguoret ; the Neu- 
roptera by M. De Selys Longchamps; 
the Hymenoptera by Dr. Sichel ; the 
Macro-Lepidoptera by M. Bellier de la 
Chavignerie ; and the Micro - Lepi- 
doptera by Mr. Staintou ; and finally 
the Diptera are commented on by 
M. Bigot. This is as it should be, 
and we certainly must congratulate 
M. Deyrolle on his obtaining collalo- 
raleurs for each of the orders of in- 
sects. The universality of the little 
volume is its most striking and agree- 
able feature. 
Are we to confess that they “ manage 
these things better in France?” Or- 
is it not in our power to run an even 
race? The subject is worthy of earnest 
consideration, and we trust some of 
our readers will seriously take up some 
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