THE ENTOMOLOGISTS 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 114.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1858. [Price Id. 
INCEEASE. 
In preparing the “ List of British 
Entomologists,” which forms so im- 
portiiut a feature of the new ‘Annual,’ 
we have had abundant opportunity of 
dwelling on the rapidity with which 
entomologists increase. The Bishop of 
London has remarked on the in- 
creasing number of the London clergy, 
and has observed that the largest room 
in his house would not contain com- 
fortably the incumbents of the over- 
populated parishes in the dioce.se; and, 
in like manner, we cannot fail to 
observe that the present locale of 
the Entomological Society of London 
is quite insufficient to accommodate 
those Members who habitually attend. 
Yet still the Society continues per- 
versely to elect fresh Members at each 
sitting ! 
A certain class of thinkers object, 
that by thus writing we deter many 
from coming to those pleasant r6- 
unions; but, if we are conscious of 
an evil to be remedied, we must not 
gloss it over, for fear of alarming 
some one: if we did so, the evil would 
never be remedied. 
The letter which has appeared in 
our columns from Mr. Garland fully 
bears out our impressions. Here is a 
Dorsetshire gentleman belonging to a 
London Society, who comes up to 
Loudon, and anticipates much pleasure 
from attending the Meetings of the 
Metropolitan entomologists ; but unfor- 
tunately he finds the reality not as 
comfortable as he had expected, and 
is not unnaturally surprised at the 
supineness of those who tolerate, with 
perfect indifference, such a state of 
things ; many of our provincial brethrea 
may have felt annoyed at the same 
thing, but have hesitated to give their 
ideas utterance, for fear of being re- 
puted grumblers. 
Increased accommodation for the 
Members of the Entomological Society 
must, in the present phase of Ento- 
mology, when the Seventh Thousand 
of the New Edition of Kirby and 
Spence is being rapidly exhausted, — 
increased accommodation, we repeat, 
must prove amply remunerative. 
There is an expense involved in 
moving no doubt ; but that expense 
is a necessary outlay to obtain an 
increase of income. 
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