^iSSSi ILLUSTRATIONS 



BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY; 



OR, A 



siSitt09^i$ of fintiieenotis Mmt0 1 



CONTAINING 



THEIR GENERIC AND SPECIFIC DISTINCTIONS; 



AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR METAMORPHOSES, TIMES OF 



APPEARANCE, LOCALITIES, FOOD, AND ECONOMY, 



AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE. 



BY JAMES FRANCIS STEPHENS, F.L.S. 



MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ETC. 



EMBELLISHED WITH COLOURED FIGURES OF THE RARER AND 

 MORE INTERESTING SPECIES. 



HAUSTELLATA. 



VOL. n. 



" In his tam parvis tamque fere nullis quas ratio ! quanta vis ! quam inextricabilis 

 perfectio !" — Pli/i. 



" Finis Creationis Telluris est gloria Dei, ex opera Naturas, per Hominem 

 solum." — Limit. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR; 

 AND 



PUBLISHED BY BALDWIN AND CRADOCK. 



1829. 



