THIS ILLUSTRATED EDITION 



AN INTRODUCTORY WORK ON INSECTS, 



WRITTEN WITH A VIEW OF BLENDING 



AMUSEMENT WITH INSTRUCTION, 



IS INSCRIBED 



To WILLIAM YARRELL, ESQ., 



WHOSE LABOURS HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO GREATLY 



TO RENDER NATURAL HISTORY A POPULAR PURSUIT, 



WITHOUT IN ANY DEGREE LOWERING 



ITS DIGNITY AS A SCIENCE. 



