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tore, especially the Floral, high as this already stands in 

 universal love and admiration. 



To Entomologists, those especially whose pens and re- 

 searches have opened varied paths to their pursuit, little 

 information is offered in the following discursive sketches, 

 yet it is diffidently hoped, that even readers of this descrip- 

 tion may find amusement in an hour of leisure from the 

 inspection of a light and fanciful fabric based upon founda- 

 tions of their own laying. From their intimate acquaint- 

 ance with 'the body of the structure the Eeal they are, 

 at all events, well qualified to appreciate the fitness, if fit, 

 of its allegorical decoration the Ideal. 



