PREFACE TO SECOND SERIES. 



IN presenting to the public a second series of Episodes in 

 Insect History, their Author begs to acknowledge the kind 

 reception which has been so gratifyingly accorded to the 

 first. 



If a hope be entertained that the present volume will prove 

 at the least as attractive as its predecessor, it is only because 

 the summer months it comprises have supplied it with more 

 abundance of material, because the summer sunshine has 

 afforded brighter hues for the enrichment of that particoloured 

 livery wherein, amongst the graver and wiser of Nature's ser- 

 vitors, it would ply its introductory vocation at one entrance 

 of Creation's temple. 



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