THE 
WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
“ENTOMA QUIDQUID AGUNT NOSTEI EST FARRAGO LIBKLLI.” 
Yol. 2. No. 21.] SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1863. [Price 2d. 
OUR CIRCULATION. 
T ATELY we have made some 
vigorous appeals to our readers 
for lists of their captures and ob- 
servations, and it was our pleasant 
task soon after to return thanks for 
the liberal and cordial way in which 
our request was met. A special call 
for lists of captures seems to have 
aroused a real effort. We may just 
say here, in passing, that we hope 
the effort was not a merely spas- 
modic one. Do not, we entreat 
our readers, think that one list is 
enough. As long as captures are 
made they may be reported. We 
earnestly hope the number of lists 
sent us will not flag. One gentle- 
man has kindly volunteered a 
monthly report of his proceedings. 
We here return him our thanks. 
Will not all follow his example ? 
We hope our subscribers will not 
think we are troubling them too 
much if we say that the success of 
one appeal leads us to make another. 
W e all know that “ much will have 
moi’e,” and in the present instance 
we are led to think that as our 
readers care sufficiently for the 
“ Entomologist ” to write for it, they 
may not be unwilling to make an 
effort to increase its sale. Surely 
every subscriber must know some 
entomologists who do not take this 
paper. If he would use his influence 
with them he would do us a great 
service. 
Nor need he think that any ad- 
ditional subscribers he might gain 
would be an advantage to the 
£ s. d. relations of the “ Ento- 
mologist ” alone (though we can 
assure him that this needs a little 
such help), but it would infinitely 
benefit the quality of the paper it- 
self. It is not likely that anyone 
will be at the trouble of reporting 
his captures in the pages of a 
periodical which he never sees. 
Thus we lose much information that 
is in the hands of those who, once 
interested in this paper would 
gladly give the benefit of it for the 
public good. 
