THE 
WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
“ ENTOMA QUIDQUID AGUNT NOSTltl EST FARRAGO LIBELLI.” 
No. 13.— Von. 2.] SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1863. [Price 2d. 
SUMMER COLLECTING. 
is a general idea pre- 
<3® valent among all classes that it is 
necessary in the summer to retreat for 
a time to the sea side. Men of busi- 
ness leave their ledgers, doctors take a 
last look in upon their patients ; law- 
yers pocket their last fee — the boxes 
are packed, and care seems to fly off 
with the steam of the Engine. 
Now, we believe that most Ento- 
mologists provide themselves on such 
occasions with the means of pursuing 
their much-loved science — the pill 
boxes — the number of which is regu- 
lated by the zeal of the individual — 
always form a part of the luggage. 
But we would say a word against the 
persistency with which certain hack- 
neyed localities are visited year after 
year — always producing the same lists 
of species — lists in themselves verv 
good — but grown void of interest 
through their sameness. 
To some, we know that a constant 
change of locality is scarcely practic- 
able — but surely the younger and less 
encumbered members of the commu- 
nity might find both time and resolu- 
tion to venture on some new ground. 
We would especially recommend 
the country lying to the west of Loch 
Rannoch, the south west of Ireland, 
the south-west of Wales, and the An- 
glesey district to the more enterprising 
of our contributors. We need hardly 
say how readily our columns would be 
opened to communications respecting 
the results. Such a journey, a fort- 
night spent in such a locality, is a real 
boon to the Entomological world. 
There was a time when the neigh- 
bourhood of Rannoch itself was but 
little known — we may say hardly 
known at all and yet, every one knows 
what that district has turned out. 
The thing is that men are too much 
inclined — and we ourselves cannot 
claim exemption from the general 
censure — to make the weal of the 
collection more precious than the de- 
velopement of the study ; and so it 
comes to pass that districts rich in 
almost every variety of life, pass to- 
tally neglected. 
However, it stands as a certainty 
which nobody can contest that the 
men who make discoveries really 
worth publishing to the world, are 
the men who bring time and careful 
study to bear upon these unvisited 
regions. “But” perhaps one of our 
readers may tell us “ I know ini 
