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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
been roused by our repeated requests, 
that they owe a certain amount of 
labour to that science in whose study 
they delight. 
The field of labour is too vast for 
any to be idle. We may all learn 
the same lesson, and as we learn 
we may see some subtle wonder of 
which none had dreamed before. 
The same great hand that shaped 
the formless void into a wondrous 
model, has fashioned each tiny insect 
among the grander marvels of its 
creation. We may trace its matchless 
skill in rich summer, when all the 
world seems to be swelling into an 
excess of vigorous life; and again we 
mark its fostering care when the 
months pass away and the year wanes 
to its close. We find it working si- 
lently its wondrous tasks in spots 
where the voice of man is seldom 
heard. In quiet woods, where rippling 
rivers beat a measured tread amid Na- 
ture’s eternal beauty ; — in the silent 
glades and bowers of the forest, that 
have stood in their strength while 
time beat its ravages on the world 
around ; — and amid the fastnesses 
of the mountains, whose crests sleep- 
ing on, in their crown of cloud and 
snow, hide themselves from the gaze 
of the world beneath them — we may 
still see the minutest marvels of the 
omnipotent power. We need no 
sage’s tongue to tell us where to 
search ; all the earth is covered with 
the same unnumbered beauties. 
We cannot believe that there is 
any spot which does not furnish forth 
some wonders of its own. W e ask 
for records. 
Tiie Weekly Entomologist may be 
obtained from Mr. T. or Mr. J. B. 
Blackburn, the Yews, Woodford, 
London, N., by post, price Three 
Shillings and Three-pence *per 
quarter, prepaid. 
Also of C. Andrew, 129, High 
Street, Cheltenham ; T. Brown, 2, 
Collingate, York; J. E. Robson, 
Olive Street, Hartlepool ; T. Cooke, 
Naturalist, 513, New Oxford Street, 
London. 
Those who make any discovery, 
or capture of a rare species, or 
observation of general interest, are 
requested to communicate at once a 
notice of the same to Mr. T. or Mr. 
J. B. Blackburn, at Woodford. 
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bourhoods are requested to com- 
municate with the same gentlemen. 
Remittances should be sent in 
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All communications io be addressed 
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ations. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
Errata. — For “ last week’s ‘ En- 
tomologist,’ ” read, “ last week’s 
‘Entomologist’ but one.” Page 
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