of $3ime ICyonnet, tlie (Entomologist. 



NLY think of an entomologist celebrated 

 for having devoted several years to the 

 investigation of a single insect ! Surely 

 he deserves to be ranked among the en- 

 thusiasts of science. Pierre Lyonnet, alike dis- 

 tinguished as a naturalist, an anatomist, and an 

 engraver, was born on the 21st July 1707, at 

 Maestricht. His family came originally from 

 Lorraine, having been driven from their native 

 country by religious persecution. His father, who 

 was pastor of the French Church at Keusden, 

 destined his son for the same sacred calling, and 

 educated him with that view. Having an extra- 

 ordinary aptitude for acquiring languages, he made 

 himself master, at an early age, of Latin, Greek, 

 Hebrew, French, Italian, Spanish, and English, 

 with all which he was almost equally conversant. 

 At the same time he studied the exact sciences 

 and attained considerable proficiency in drawing 

 and sculpture. 



