MEMOIR OB DRU DRUKY. 



To those who are acquainted with the history cf 

 Entomology, the name of Dru Drury is familiarly 

 known, as one of the most zealous and successful 

 collectors of insects that ever prosecuted the study 

 in this country. The work entitled " Illustrations 

 of Exotic Entomology," in which he made the most 

 interesting objects of his collection known to the 

 public, is also admitted to be of very high merit; 

 it is still one of the most beautiful we possess on 

 this subject, and at the time when it appeared, was 

 almost unrivalled for the elegance and accuracy 

 of its pictorial delineations. In both the capacities, 

 therefore, of a collector and author, Drury has ren- 

 dered most important services to Entomology, and 

 is entitled to the respect and gratitude of all who 

 cultivate the science, a science which, according 

 to the high authority of Baron Walckenaer, is at 

 once the most difficult, the most extensive, and 

 most philosophical, of all the departments of Natu- 

 ral History. In these circumstances it is gratifying 



