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ADVERTISEMENT 



These volumes contain the best account of Insects, 

 and their habits, that has hitherto been given. It is 

 presented in the most interesting form, and from un- 

 doubted authority. 



It is indeed a matter of surprise, that this portion of 

 animated creation, which is so often the occasion of 

 enormous injuries to man, and at the same time ad- 

 ministers both direct and indirect benefits to the human 

 family, should have received so little of our attention. 



Without a knowledge of their habits, the labours of 

 the farmer, and of the horticulturist are frequently vain ; 

 and in much of the ordinary business of life, even in 

 Domestic Economy, some attention to this subject is 

 indispensable. 



Beside the utility of this knowledge, the reader of 

 these volumes will find an abundant compensation for 

 his labour, in the interesting descriptions and details 

 with which they abound. 



January. 1833. 



