TO 



THE EEY. WILLIAM KIEBY, F. E. S., 



AND 



WILLIAM SPENCE, F. E. S., 



WHOSE DELIGHTFUL WORK ON ENTOMOLOGY, BY CREATING A TASTE FOR ITS PURSUIT, HAS 

 GIVEN RISE TO THE FOLLOWING UNPRETENDING PAGES, 



AND TO 



PEOFESSOE EDWAED FOEBES, F. E. S., 



WHOSE HUMOROUS SKETCHES OF ZOOLOGICAL HUMANITY MANIFEST THE PROPRIETY 



WITH WHICH THE INSTINCTS OF ANIMALS MAY BE ILLUSTRATED BY 



THE AID OF AMUSING ALLEGORY, 



IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 



BY THEIR VERY OBEDIENT SERVANT, 



THE AUTHOE. 



