THE SUBSTITUTE; 
Or, Entomological Exchange Facilitator, and 
Entomologist’s Fire-side Companion. 
No. 12.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1857. [Price 2rf. 
THE NEGLECTED ORDERS. 
To resume where we left off last 
'week. We would recommend to 
any fishermen who may take in 
lhand to woi'k out the British spe- 
I cies of the Phn/ganidce and their 
I allies, the great work of Pictet, 
“Recherches pour servir a I’His- 
1 toire et a I’Anatomie des Phryga- 
I Hides,’ and the memoirs of the 
same author published in the 
“Memoires de la Sociele d’His- 
I toire Naturelle de Geneve,’ Tome 
’VII. If these works be taken as 
ithe ground-work of their investi- 
jgations, they may find that all, or 
Ithe greater part of our native spe- 
cies, are there described, and their 
inatural history set forth; and if it 
‘should prove otherwise, the study 
cof them will make their labours 
eeasy and more pleasant. In a new 
country it is always an advantage 
ito have as a guide one who knows 
"'Something of it and the manners 
of the inhabitants. 
We had written so far when the 
appeal on behalf of the Hemiptera 
'by Mr. B. Cooke (ante p. 77) came 
tto hand. It corroborates exactly 
what we have said, that the great 
want in this country for those who 
would investigate any fresh Order 
of insects is a guide book. As re- 
gards the Hemiptera, some years 
have now elapsed since a volume 
of descriptions of the British spe- 
cies was undertaken by Mr. Dal- 
las, as one of the series of the ‘ In- 
secta Britannica,’ but we hear 
nothing about it being in prepa- 
ration, although the other pro- 
mised volumes of the ‘ lusecta 
Britannica’ have been published. 
We think the committee, under 
whose superintendence these works 
have been produced, must feel 
that while any part of the series 
originally promised, and for which 
series subscribers’ names were ob- 
tained, remains in abeyance, they 
have not kept faith with their 
subscribers. We have every rea- 
son, from the well-known intimate 
acquaintance of Mr. Dallas with 
the Hemiptera and Homoptera, to 
believe that it is from no want of 
ability on his part that the work is 
delayed, and we presume that 
there can be no want of material, 
or Mr. Dallas would not have un- 
dertaken the work. We think. 
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