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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
brought forward merely to souud 
the note of triumph over the con- 
quered difficulties of this branch of 
science, still less to gratify the 
curiosity of the entomological world. 
Its object is rather to set before the 
public mind the species omitted than 
those inserted. Its author aims high. 
Five hundred larvce figured and des- 
cribed fail to satisfy him while there 
remain a thousand to be yet investi- 
gated. Can the readers of the “ En- 
tomologist do anything to lessen 
this number ? We are persuaded 
that they can. The only question is 
whether they will. We by no means 
wish to say that it is the duty of 
every individual collector to work 
with a special view to this object, 
nor would Mr. Stainton. Some 
study other groups ; — some, literally, 
have not time for the close observa- 
tion necessary — but too many study 
no group, and have the time without 
using it. To such we appeal most 
earnestly for aid. To all we say, 
“ Be on the look out, and remember 
the ‘Natural History of the 
Toneina .’ ” 
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OBSERVATIONS. 
Coleoptera. 
Setting of Coleoptera. — In the 
“Weekly Entomologist,” Yol. I., 
pp. 4, 21, and 29, are three notes 
upon this subject, which, whether 
taken separately or collectively, aie, 
in my mind, very far from exhaust- 
ing it, or even from conveying the 
information required by incipients 
in the art — for art it surely is, when 
tho objects arc of the length, from 
“snout to tail,” of one-eighth of an 
inch or less. 
In the “ Entomologists’ Annual ” 
for 1856, p. 105, Mr. Frederick 
Smith, says, in his “ Instructions in 
