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CHAPTER II. 



FEBRUARY. 



WE will now enter briefly into an explanation of the 

 Orders which this little work is intended to illustrate, pre- 

 mising that in consulting Rther works when advanced in 

 the study, the young entomologist must expect to meet with 

 various opinions on these, as well as the minor divisions 

 in the classification. Orders are entirely omitted by some 

 which are considered indispensable by others, or new names 

 introduced where the order itself is recognized. This di- 

 versity of arrangement cannot be wondered at, when we 

 consider the vast number of insects to be classed, the great 

 variety in their structure, and the constant discoveries 

 which are made in the science. The system here adopted 

 is that followed by many eminent naturalists, and some 



