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  Ichneumon 
  as 
  she 
  glides 
  wilh 
  shivering 
  antennae 
  over 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  

   a 
  leaf 
  until 
  she 
  find 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  whose 
  living 
  flesh 
  her 
  young 
  is 
  des- 
  

   tined 
  to 
  feed 
  ; 
  a 
  fourth, 
  with 
  greater 
  perseverance 
  and 
  more 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  zeal, 
  elaborates 
  the 
  previously 
  unknown 
  history 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  

   individual 
  from 
  the 
  ovum 
  to 
  the 
  imago 
  ; 
  a 
  fifth, 
  by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  micro- 
  

   scope 
  and 
  scalpel, 
  thoroughly 
  masters 
  the 
  phenomena 
  of 
  intimate 
  

   structure, 
  tracing 
  every 
  system 
  of 
  organs 
  in 
  its 
  wondrous 
  permeation 
  of 
  

   the 
  insect 
  frame, 
  and 
  not 
  resting 
  here, 
  carries 
  the 
  physical 
  knowledge 
  

   thus 
  gained 
  into 
  the 
  wider 
  and 
  still 
  more 
  interesting 
  field 
  of 
  physi- 
  

   ology 
  ; 
  a 
  sixth 
  spends 
  days 
  and 
  nights 
  in 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  insects 
  

   simply 
  induced 
  by 
  their 
  rarity 
  ; 
  a 
  seventh 
  consumes 
  the 
  midnight 
  

   oil 
  in 
  describing 
  the 
  new 
  or 
  the 
  beautiful 
  or 
  the 
  curious; 
  an 
  eighth 
  

   ponders 
  over 
  systematic 
  classification 
  ; 
  a 
  ninth 
  labours 
  to 
  complete 
  

   a 
  monographic 
  history 
  : 
  all 
  these 
  are 
  hastening 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  termi- 
  

   nus 
  ; 
  are 
  all, 
  in 
  fact, 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  upwards. 
  We 
  have 
  long 
  since 
  been 
  

   told 
  that 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  body 
  must 
  work 
  together 
  in 
  concert 
  : 
  

   that 
  the 
  head 
  must 
  not 
  say 
  to 
  the 
  hand 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  no 
  need 
  of 
  thee," 
  or 
  

   the 
  hand 
  to 
  the 
  feet 
  " 
  1 
  have 
  no 
  need 
  of 
  you 
  :" 
  so 
  with 
  our 
  science 
  ; 
  

   the 
  monographer 
  cannot 
  say 
  to 
  the 
  collector, 
  1 
  have 
  no 
  need 
  of 
  you 
  : 
  

   the 
  very 
  admission 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  thought 
  is 
  a 
  stumbling-block 
  in 
  our 
  own 
  

   way, 
  a 
  bar 
  to 
  our 
  own 
  progress. 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  be 
  understood 
  as 
  applying 
  

   this 
  last 
  observation 
  especially 
  and 
  emphatically 
  to 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  

   actual 
  collector 
  ; 
  to 
  the 
  man 
  vi-ho, 
  in 
  whatever 
  station 
  of 
  life, 
  devotes 
  

   his 
  time, 
  by 
  night 
  and 
  by 
  day 
  ; 
  at 
  all 
  seasons, 
  in 
  all 
  weathers 
  ; 
  at 
  home 
  

   and 
  abroad, 
  to 
  the 
  positive 
  capture 
  and 
  preservation 
  of 
  those 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  which 
  serve 
  as 
  the 
  objects 
  for 
  all 
  our 
  observations: 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  

   real 
  laboiu-er 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  if 
  we 
  would 
  keep 
  the 
  lamp 
  of 
  our 
  science 
  

   constantly 
  burning, 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  him 
  alone 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  look 
  for 
  fuel 
  to 
  feed 
  

   its 
  flame. 
  

  

  With 
  regard 
  to 
  collectors 
  at 
  home, 
  I 
  will 
  only 
  say, 
  without 
  mention- 
  

   ing 
  names, 
  that 
  many 
  members 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  Society 
  have 
  displayed 
  

   more 
  zeal 
  and 
  greater 
  industry 
  than 
  would 
  have 
  sufficed 
  for 
  the 
  accu- 
  

   mulation 
  of 
  almost 
  boundless 
  wealth, 
  and 
  yet 
  the 
  only 
  object 
  they 
  

   have 
  sought 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  treasure 
  for 
  the 
  mind 
  ; 
  the 
  

   only 
  reward 
  they 
  have 
  desired, 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  of 
  possessing 
  that 
  

   which 
  is 
  rare 
  or 
  beautiful. 
  I 
  must 
  also 
  allude, 
  if 
  but 
  for 
  a 
  moment, 
  

   to 
  the 
  advantages 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  labours 
  of 
  still 
  another 
  class, 
  

   those 
  who, 
  led 
  by 
  an 
  instinctive 
  taste 
  to 
  the 
  pursuit 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  

   have 
  rendered 
  that 
  taste 
  subservient 
  to 
  pecuniary 
  gain; 
  I 
  allude 
  to 
  

   such 
  men 
  as 
  Bouchard, 
  Weaver, 
  Standish, 
  Harding, 
  and 
  Foxcroft 
  : 
  

   how 
  often 
  have 
  these 
  made 
  truly 
  valuable 
  contributions 
  to 
  our 
  stock 
  

  

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