THE 
WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
“ ENTOMA QUIDQUID AGTJNT NOSTRI EST FARRAGO LIBELLI.” 
No. 16.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1862. [Price 2d. 
WINTEE. 
(TjjTTBOTG the Winter Season, 
the outward aspect of Nature 
is anything but Entomological. The 
pleasant woods, whose leafy boughs, 
but a few months ago, afforded 
- shelter to so large a portion of the 
world of insects, now stand stripped 
of their leaves, like tombstones over 
the unconscious tribes, that sleep be- 
neath the ground at their feet; the 
green lanes which then seemed almost 
;o live themselves, in the active mov- 
ements of their swarming inhabitants, 
low present a gloomy aspect between 
mown and leafless hedges, and the 
wind, which used to bear the scent 
>f “sugar” gently over luxurious 
ind verdant country, from the trunk 
if some rugged oak, now wildly 
vhistles, as it dashes rain or snow 
. igainst the hardy tree. It is evident 
vhen the state of the outward world 
s so totally changed in its character, 
.nd wears so frowning an appearance, 
hat the Entomologist must change 
iis course in accordance with it, — 
nd this, we venture to say, all our 
eader have already done. 
There are three ways in which they 
aay suit themselves to the require- 
ments of the season. They may 
follow their favourite objects of pur- 
suit to their winter quarters, and 
endeavour there, under different cir- 
cumstances, to renew their acquain- 
tance which has been so rudely inter- 
rupted. The Coleopterist may do 
this, perhaps, more easily than most 
of his fellows. The bark of the trees 
which, in summer, served as a festive 
board, on which the moths enjoyed 
their intoxicating repast, now, by 
the vicissitudes of time, is turned into 
an impervious shelter, under which 
innumerable insects (beetles espec- 
ially) abide the return of Spring. 
Here then is plenty of scope for action. 
If the Entomologist will devote a 
little attention to turning up the loose 
bark of trees, he is sure to find many 
interesting specimens. We may 
here, in passing, just drop the hint, 
to those who are mere beginners in 
Coleoptera, that we have always 
found felled trees the most profitable, 
both because the bark is often more 
easily detached and, as a consequence 
doubtless, because they generally 
shelter a larger number of specimens, 
lepidopterists who wish to collect 
during winter will dig for pupae, 
and employ their faculties, with 
