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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
or, if they cannot conveniently go 
so far, suppose they experiment 
upon the picturesque and little 
known coast of Dorsetshire, between 
the New Forest and the Isle of 
Portland. These two places have, 
indeed, been worked to a certain 
extent, but we think there is still 
much to be turned up there, of 
which we have no definite idea, but 
we never heard of anyone trying 
his luck at Pnrbeck Island, midway 
between the two. Then there are 
the attractions of a grand coast, a 
fine sea, and the venerable ruins of 
Corfe Castle to those who do not 
choose to make entomology their 
sole consideration in their summer 
holiday trip. The Isle of Angle- 
sea, also, has been so far totally 
neglected : we think its wild and 
varied country must contain enough 
good, perhaps new, insects, to em- 
ploy an entomologist for a month 
at Midsummer. We point to the 
coast more because we think it 
useless to combat the universal 
tendency to go to the sea-side in the 
heat of summer, than from any 
other reason, and undoubtedly, 
the sea-coast is excessively pro- 
ductive of insect life, and likely 
to produce novelties, but we still 
think that some one or two devoted 
entomologists might sacrifice this 
tendency to their entomological 
tastes, and enjoying the charms of 
rural lanes and woodland paths, 
might devote themselves to one of 
our grand old midland forests, such 
as Dean Forest, Gloucestershire ; 
Whittlebury, Bucks ; Sherwood, 
Notts. ; Delamere, Cheshire ; or to 
the fens of the Eastern counties, or 
bogs of Ireland. Surely some of 
these suggestions will be taken up ; 
we shall be very much disappointed 
if we do not receive a communica- 
tion from some one of these in- 
dicated localities, or similar ones, 
either from visitors specially to 
them from a distance, or from ento- 
mologists living near, who might 
pay them an occasional visit. 
The 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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