ENTOMOLOGY. 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



*' Si vous parlez d'une pierre, (Tune fourmi, d'un mou. 

 cberon, d'une abeille, votre discours est une espece de de- 

 monstration de la puissance de celui qui les a formees ; 

 car la sagesse de Pouvrier se manifeste pour Pordinaire 

 dans ce qui est le plus petit. Celui qui a dtendu les 

 cieux, et qui a creuse le lit de la mer, n'est point dirrerent 

 de celui qui a perce Paiguillon d'une abeille, afin de donner 

 passage a son venin." — St Basil, Lyonnet's Trans. 



The numerous beings comprehended under the 

 name of Insect, offer to our regard so many inte- 

 resting objects of contemplation and research, that 

 their history has deservedly assumed a prominent 

 place among the natural sciences. Although not 

 to be compared with many other animals in direct 

 utility to man, they are by no means destitute even 

 of the interest produced by that consideration, 



