AN 



INTRODUCTION 



TO 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



LETTER XVI. 

 SOCIETIES OF INSECTS. 



IMPERFECT SOCIETIES. 



I SEE already, and I see it with pleasure, that you will 

 not content yourself with being a mere collector of in- 

 sects. To possess a cabinet well stored, and to know by 

 what name each described individual which it contains 

 should be distinguished, will not satisfy the love that is 

 already grown strong in you for my favourite pursuit ; 

 and you now anticipate with a laudable eagerness, the 

 discoveries that you may make respecting the history 

 and economy of this most interesting department of 

 the works of our Creator. I hail with joy this intention 

 to emulate the bright example, and to tread in the 

 hallowed steps of Swammerdam, Leeuwenhoek, Redi, 

 Malpighi, Vallisnieri, Ray, Lister, Reaumur, De Geer, 

 Lyonnet, Bonnet, the Hubers, &c. ; and I am confident 

 VOL. n. B 



