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gical Magazine, and the Transactions of the Entomological 

 Society of London, all prove that the spirit of Entomology 

 is rising strongly amongst us. 



It may also be mentioned, as affording a most gratifying 

 fact in the history of the science of Entomology, that societies 

 expressly devoted to the cultivation of this branch of zoolo- 

 gical knowledge, both in Paris and London, have recently 

 been established. England, it is true, led the way by the 

 establishment of such a society nearly forty years ago, for the 

 support of which the best energies of the late Mr. Haworth 

 were in an especial manner, and for a great length of time, 

 directed ; but for the last twenty years nothing had been 

 done by it. It must, however, be admitted, that it is 

 to the establishment of the French Entomological Society 

 that we may, in a great degree, attribute the rousing of 

 the energies of many entomologists amongst us : the re- 

 sult of which has been the formation of a society established 

 upon liberal principles, and likely to prove of the greatest 

 service to the science, for the cultivation of which it has been 

 called into existence. 



At the end of the present volume I have given a concise 

 list of the writers of Entomology, and their chief produc- 

 tions, which, in conjunction with the preceding pages, will 

 give the reader an introductory knowledge of the rise and 

 progress of Entomological science. 



