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put a bait into each of them, sink them 
into the ground to the exact depth of 
their own Height ; and then go away. 
Creatures, in profusion, will soon he 
attracted, many of which (however even 
otherwise inclined to do so) will be cer- 
tain to remain there, from the difficulty 
which they experience of scaling the 
polished walls of the pans ; and you have 
nothing to do, therefore, but to empty 
out, every morning, the contents of these 
several receptacles on to your pocket- 
handkerchief, and your reward is certain. 
The system, indeed, may be adopted 
with- every kind of bait, — be it a carcase, 
bones, putrid fungus, or any other deli- 
cacy, — and with equal prospect of suc- 
cess; but, still, it should not be allowed 
to supersede our careful investigation of 
such like substances, whenever we may 
chance to meet with them in situ. Dead 
fish, on the sea- shore, is often a “ glorious 
find,” harbouring a profusion of .Histers, 
Saprini, Phaleria cadaverina, &c. ; and 
beneath rotting sea-weed (however un- 
fragrant), the Coleopterist may usually 
take his fill, and eke out his soul, in 
peace. 
Those therefore who have not hitherto 
paid sufficient attention to these modes 
of collecting (whether the various sub- 
stances be taken to the scenes of action, 
or whether they be found there) should 
peruse this article; and, having done so, 
we would further recommend them (in the 
words of the immortal Captain Cuttle) 
“ to make a note of it.” 
ENTOMOLOGY IN AMERICA. 
TO THE EDITOR OE THE ^INIELLI- 
GENCER.’ 
Easton, Pennsylvania, United States, 
June 4, 1857. 
gj ri — I have become so well acquainted 
with you through your_ writings that I 
cannot resist the temptation to put myself 
in immediate communication with you. 
This I am the more encouraged to do, 
knowing full well how liberal and cordial 
is the interest you have displayed in the 
promotion and encouragement of ento- 
mological studies, I was about to say in 
England, but may I not add, everywhere ? 
I am sure I can ; for Science is not 
limited by the boundaries of countries, 
nor prejudiced by dissimilarity of nations 
and national institutions, nor restricted in 
its range of sympathies by distance; the 
domain of mind is a region superior to 
that which is temporal, — one in which its 
votaries live to benefit and elevate their 
fellow-men. 
The Anglo-Saxons of the Western 
Hemisphere are, however, your natural 
allies, the inheritors of your civilization, 
your freedom, your laws, your literature, 
your manners and customs, and even Old 
England’s nursery songs whilst in our 
cradles, and will you not also let us sit 
at the feet of the mother, and become 
her pnpils and assistants in Science ? 
You are probably well aware but little 
has been accomplished in the entomolo- 
gical department of Natural History in 
this country by our own students; few 
pursue it as scientific observers, and of 
these few not more than one or two have 
published their observations, except in a 
manner which makes them almost inac- 
cessible to the young student. Hence it 
is that with us the study is found to be 
one of much difficulty and full of sources 
of discouragement, to which may be added 
the expostulations of friends against de- 
voting time to a study so barren in the 
great utilitarian results attainable in other 
departments of Science. 
I have devoted my attention almost 
exclusively to Lepidoptera, — why, I do 
not know, unless I was first attracted by 
their beautiful colourings, — and of this 
order more especially to the Heterocera. 
The field for observation here is almost 
unlimited, poorly cultivated and abound- 
ing in the most interesting and beautiful 
undescribed rarities. It will give me 
