PREFACE. 



THE intention of the following little work is to 

 give a popular view of the habits and economy 

 of the most elegant of the Linnean orders of 

 Insects, and, from the attractive beauty of the 

 objects, to excite in the reader some inquiry 

 into their history, which, although by no means 

 so striking as that of many other departments 

 of Entomology, is nevertheless sufficiently won- 

 derful to deserve our admiration. 



There are but few individuals who have not 

 been struck with the resplendent and gorgeous 

 colours of some of the Butterfly tribe : and 

 where is the human being who can behold even 

 the most simple and unadorned of the species, 

 i (the common Cabbage Butterfly,) without asso- 

 ciating with it " the scenes of his childhood, so 



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