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Excerpt from The Entomological Magazine, Vol. 5 The Entomological Magazine is ended. - In offering to the public the Fifth and last Volume, and at the same time bidding my readers farewell for ever, I have thought it desirable to relinquish the editorial plural, and address my brother entomologists in the more egotistical but less assuming singular. Whether this work has or has not accomplished its proposed object, - the advancement of entomology, - whether it has been conducted well or ill, is for my readers to determine. Of its merits or demerits its avowed Editor cannot speak. In the pages of the volumes before me many papers occur which seem to require a few comments. I will make these comments as concise as possible. I am well aware how irksome is the reading of Prefaces, and that the only merit they can by chance possess is brevity. The Colloquia Entomologica. - However censurable many passages in these Colloquies may be, (and I have nothing to say in extenuation or palliation, ) it is but just that he who deserves should alone bear the obloquy. With one exception they are written exclusively by myself. I need scarcely add that the conversations are purely imaginary, and that the supposed interlocutors never avowed the sentiments they found ascribed to them. It is no pleasant task to volunteer this confession; but the duty is imperative. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.