Explanation of Terms used in Entomology (Classic Reprint)

When, some time since, in consequence of continuing demands, the Brooklyn Entomological Society resolved to publish a new edition of its Explanation of Terms used in Entomology, and entrusted the writer and two associates with the task of preparing the same, it was believed that a little revision of definitions, the dropping of a few obsolete terms and the addition of a few lately proposed. would be all that was necessary. It was to be a light task to fill idle time in summer, report to be made in fall. Two years have passed since that time: the associates have dropped by the way; the manuscript contains five times the number of terms in the original "Explanation," and if it is published now. it is not because I believe it to be complete; but because I do not believe it can be made complete except as the result of criticism and voluntary addition by specialists throughout the country. It is twenty-six years since the original list was published and

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