THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 28.] 
THE NEW SEASON. 
H ow pleasant it always is at the com- 
mencement of each new season to specu- 
late on the events it will evolve. What 
will he the great entomological disco- 
very of the year 1857 ? Who will be the 
fortunate discoverer? These are alike 
among the things unknown. 
That thirst for knowledge which im- 
pels so many with a force, which no ob- 
stacles can stop, is certain to produce, 
before long, some definite result. We 
say “ that thirst for knowledge : ” we say 
it advisedly. We are perfectly aware 
that some will be disposed to say that a 
“thirst for knowledge” impels only a 
few, a very, very few ; that the many 
seek only “ to add to their collections.” 
But we know that the number who yearn 
after knowledge is yearly and monthly 
increasing, and far be it from us to write 
anything which would imply that the 
scientific portion of Entomologists is one 
atom less dignified than we believe it to 
be. 
The question whether a species is 
single-brooded or double-brooded is one 
on which much has yet to be deter- 
mined ; and though, no doubt, there are 
many drolly-constituted individuals who 
first promulgate that a species is single- 
brooded and then seek for facts to support 
their notion, whilst others ride the hobby 
of double-broodedness in a similar way, 
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yet, as v/e take it, the lovers of know- 
ledge will seek to collect facts, and from 
the collection of facts to ascertain whe- 
ther species are double-brooded or not. 
Species, it is well known, may be 
double-brooded in some particular seasons 
and not in others, just as we often see our 
apple trees blossoming in October, and 
species may be single-brooded in one lo- 
cality, whereas in another there may be 
two veritable broods. Such occurrences 
give rise to interminable disputes ; but 
the candid enquirer, the actual searcher 
for truth, awards to each fact its due 
significance. 
The geographical distribution of spe- 
cies is one of the most interesting fields 
of Entomology, yet it is one that has 
been but little explored. Species that 
are perfect pests in one portion of the 
country (such, for instance, as our gar- 
den friend, the Lackey, Clisiocampa 
Neustria,) are unknown in other parts of 
the country. Where does the line of 
demarcation run, which shows the border 
country of the Lackey? Does it follow 
the geological configuration of the land? 
What an important question ! And this 
is only one of thousands which must be 
solved ! which will be solved in the 
course of the “ onward progress of 
the Science,” and which none but ento- 
mologists can solve ! 
Are coast insects more evenly distri- 
buted round the country than the inland 
SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1857. 
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