Everyone interested in the study of insect life eagerly awaits the apporach of spring. It is at that time, probably more than at any other, that the keenest interest is shown in the subject by the majority of our collectors. How often, however, one begins enthusiastically in spring to collect insects of all kinds, becomes fascinated with the work and within a very short time gathers together a collection worthy of some notice; but, frequently, as the season advances, the interest begins to lag and soon something else takes the attention and the subject is dropped.