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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