INACCURATE ILLUSTRATIONS. 158 



It is to be regretted, however, that in the work of the magni- 

 tude and importance of the " New York Fauna" of the State of 

 New York, the plates should be, as they are, so atrociously 

 executed, that for matters of scientific examination they are 

 all but useless, while as pictorial illustrations they are below 

 contempt. 



