﻿CleridfB 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  1 
  1 
  

  

  passed 
  over 
  all 
  allusion 
  to 
  foreign 
  authors. 
  Excepting 
  a 
  few 
  

   standard 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  fathers" 
  of 
  the 
  scienoc, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  King's 
  

   Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Cleridse, 
  (which 
  is 
  briefly 
  reviewed 
  in 
  the 
  

   second 
  volume,) 
  no 
  books 
  are 
  cit";d, 
  and 
  the 
  student 
  is 
  left 
  in 
  

   entire 
  ignorance 
  that 
  the 
  subjects 
  had 
  ever 
  been 
  touched 
  by 
  

   other 
  observers. 
  With 
  a 
  degree 
  of 
  charity 
  to 
  the 
  faults 
  of 
  his 
  

   predecessors, 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  to 
  be 
  envied 
  than 
  imitated, 
  scru- 
  

   pulous 
  silence 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  of 
  ambiguity 
  or 
  error. 
  

   Although 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  (preface, 
  p. 
  viii) 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   " 
  exclusivement 
  la 
  determination 
  et 
  la 
  reconnaissance 
  des 
  

   esp^ces," 
  so 
  far 
  from 
  even 
  containing 
  a 
  complete 
  catahg-ue 
  of 
  

   species, 
  it 
  passes 
  by, 
  without 
  comment, 
  all 
  such 
  as 
  have 
  not 
  

   fallen 
  under 
  the 
  personal 
  observation 
  of 
  the 
  author. 
  W3th 
  

   regard 
  to 
  the 
  style 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  I 
  shall 
  say 
  but 
  little. 
  From 
  

   the 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  entomological 
  students 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  it 
  

   will 
  meet 
  the 
  eyes 
  of 
  but 
  few 
  persons 
  interested 
  in 
  either 
  its 
  

   merits 
  or 
  its 
  faults 
  ; 
  European 
  students 
  are 
  already 
  familiar 
  

   with 
  both. 
  Such 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  as 
  have 
  been 
  alluded 
  to, 
  are 
  

   evidently 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  charged 
  personally 
  upon 
  the 
  author 
  ; 
  they 
  

   are 
  a 
  necessary 
  and 
  generic 
  character 
  of 
  all 
  works 
  emanat- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  workl, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  unfortunate 
  

   that 
  their 
  influence 
  is 
  not 
  confined 
  within 
  narrower 
  limits. 
  It 
  

   is 
  unfortunate 
  to 
  see 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  centre 
  

   of 
  civilization" 
  imbibing 
  the 
  exclusive 
  spirit 
  of 
  their 
  Transal- 
  

   pine 
  brethren. 
  They 
  should 
  already 
  have 
  learned 
  to 
  feel 
  that 
  

   France 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  tribe, 
  

   I 
  have 
  followed 
  partly 
  King 
  and 
  partly 
  Spinola. 
  The 
  charac- 
  

   ters 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  latter, 
  although 
  divided 
  witii 
  great 
  care 
  into 
  

   " 
  naturels," 
  " 
  provisoirement 
  artificiels," 
  and 
  " 
  i)urement 
  arti- 
  

   ficiels," 
  scarcely 
  lead 
  to 
  a 
  natural 
  grouping 
  of 
  the 
  genera, 
  

   while 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  extremely 
  indistinct 
  in 
  their 
  limits, 
  

  

  