90 COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS. 



cation of the countless tribes of insects, exercises the mind 

 aright by increasing its powers of speculation and reflec- 

 tion : we should trace in the beautiful and well-adapted 

 structure of insects, the handywork of an allwise Creator ; 

 and in their wondrous instincts, acting without tuition, His 

 continued and watchful care for the preservation of beings 

 which we have been but too ready to regard with feel- 

 ings of aversion or contempt. 



The figure below represents the beautiful caterpillar of 

 the spurge hawk-moth. 



