THE 
WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST* 
"eNTOMA QTTITtQUID AGUNT NOSTIU EST PARR AGO LIBELLI.” 
Vol. 2. No. 19.] SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1863. [Price 2d. 
THANKS. 
liave lately appealed strongly 
to our contributors on the sub- 
ject of furnishing us with reports of 
their doings. Our appeal has met 
with a courteous and ready response 
from many of our entomological 
friends. We recur to the subject for 
two reasons : that we may thank 
those who have so willingly con- 
tributed, and that we may incite 
others to follow the excellent ex- 
ample already set. 
There is nothing so desirable, per- 
haps, as to see every district 
throughout the English counties re- 
presented in our columns. Would 
that we could say the Irish and 
Scotch counties too. This, we fear, 
is beyond our reach at present ; but 
none can doubt that the taste for in- 
sects and the study of insect life is 
fast spreading. The pages of the 
“ Zoologist ” have given us a peep 
at the long- hidden Irish coast. W e 
have learnt there, from a hard work- 
ing and observant naturalist, that 
this terra incognita teems with insect 
life — that it has its own peculiar 
forms of development. The High- 
lands of Scotland, again, have re- 
ceived, during the last few years, a 
fair share of attention, and the result 
has exceeded our most extravagant 
expectations. Nothing could be 
more welcome to us than a long list 
or paper of observations on the ento- 
mology of Scotland or Ireland. 
It is a very great advantage to 
have all the orders represented. We 
believe there is very little selfishness 
among entomologists on this subject - 
that no one desires to see his own 
order of insects represented to the 
exclusion of those of others. We 
feel that we cannot speak too 
strongly upon this point : our desire 
is to show the high value that we 
place upon the contributions of those 
who work upon the obscurer 
branches of our science. 
And now, at the risk of being 
thought importunate, and feeling 
that the means ai’e fully justified by 
the end, we return to the subject of 
our former remarks. We urge 
those who have so liberally contri- 
buted to our columns to continue 
their assistance from time to time, 
as opportunity offers ; and we would 
impress upon those who have not yet 
