IV. 
possess of them are delineated in the 
most incorrect and grotesque manner that 
can well be conceived ; for these reasons 
the Author has presumed to call the 
attention of the public to this interesting 
branch of Natural History. 
“The first thirteen chapters are devoted 
to the description of the Aquatic Larvee 
of Insects, Crustacea, and Animalcules. 
The reader is requested to consider them 
merely as popular outlines of their general 
characters, chiefly collected from the 
Author’s own observations. This was 
considered preferable to a scientific display 
of terms, or a lengthened history, which 
many persons might not be disposed to 
follow. To some of these classes are 
prefixed, for the information of the general 
reader, a few cursory remarks on arrange- 
ment,” &c. 
London, 162, Fleet Street. 
