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clearly marked out to him. Correct descriptions and 

 scientific names of insects will obviate much of the 

 confusion existing in regard to them, and will enable 

 the future investigator to transmit to others, without 

 the risk of mistake, the useful results of his observa- 

 tions. The prejudices of mankind have attached an 

 idea of insignificance and worthlessness to the pursuits 

 of the Entomologist; but these prejudices can no 

 longer rest in any but contracted minds. However 

 minute or mean, insects, individually considered, may 

 seem, they cannot be accounted beneath our notice 

 when they are found able to lay waste our most val- 

 uable possessions, to counteract our agricultural plans, 

 and to deprive us of the pleasure and profit of our 

 labors. 



