PREFACE. 



A DESIKE to extend the knowledge of, and by so 

 oing to extend the love for, those sunny creatures 

 tiled Butterflies, has prompted the author to undertake 

 iis little work, which, though making no pretence to 

 . technically scientific character, will, it is hoped, be 

 >und sufficiently complete and accurate to supply all 

 [formation needful to the young entomologist as to the 

 anaes, appearance, habits, localities, &c. of all our 

 British Butterflies, together with a general history of 

 titterfly life the mode of capture, preservation, and 

 :rangement in cabinets the apparatus required, &c. 

 .t the same time it is so inexpensive as to be acces- 

 ble to every schoolboy. 



The subject is one which has formed the delight and 

 ^idy of the author from early boyhood, and butterfly- 

 unting still preserves its fascinations, redoubling the 

 leasure of the country ramble in summer. 



