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those especially of Reaumer, alone enabling us to recognise the 

 thing described. The field of insect research, some fifty 

 years ago, was like a country rich in beautiful and interesting- 

 objects, of which even their admirer could gain but confused 

 notions for want of guides and beaten paths. The amateur 

 collector even of butterflies then found it less difficult to cap- 

 ture than to name and arrange them : but now, tout cela est 

 change, and by a variety of works,* some as elegant nearly as 

 the creatures they describe, we are invited and assisted to 

 improve our intimacy with these most fascinating " Eriends of 

 our Summer Gladness." 



* To name a few of the best modern helps to butterfly collecting Jennyn, 

 Haworth, Lewin. 



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