Conclusion 
We here bring to a conclusion our survey of the butterflies of 
North America. There are, in addition to the species that have 
been described and figured in the plates, about one hundred and 
twenty-five other species, principally Hesperiidce, which have 
not been mentioned. The field of exploration has not by any 
means been exhausted, and there is no doubt that in the lapse of 
time a number of other species will be discovered to inhabit our 
faunal limits. 
The writer of these pages would deem it a great privilege to 
aid those who are interested in the subject in naming and iden¬ 
tifying any material which they may not be able to name and 
identify by the help of this book. In laying down his pen, at 
the end of what has been to him a pleasurable task, he again re¬ 
news the hope that what he has written may tend to stimulate a 
deeper and more intelligent interest in the wonders of creative 
wisdom, and takes occasion to remind the reader that it is true, 
as was .said by Fabricius, that nature is most to be admired in 
those works which are least —“Natura maxime miranda in 
minimis. ” 
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