iy PKEFACE. 



Under an encouraging impressidn that, in the above ca- 

 pacity, it may have already helped to usher a few (albeit 

 through a side door) into that glorious edifice some to 

 observe some to admire some to adore, the Insect Chron- 

 icle proceeds cheerfully through the gayest period of winged 

 Aistence, and the brightest portion of " the varying year.' 1 



