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those especially of Keaumur, alone enabling us to recognise 

 the thing described. The field of insect research, some fifty 

 years ago, was like a country rich in beautiful and interesting 

 objects, of which even their admirer could gain but confused 

 notions for want of guides and beaten paths. The amateur 

 collector even of butterflies then found it less difficult to cap- 

 ture than to name and arrange them : but now, tout cela est 

 change, and by a variety of works,* some as elegant nearly as 

 the creatures they describe, we are invited and assisted to im- 

 prove our intimacy with these most fascinating l{ Friends of 

 our Summer Gladness." 



*To name a few of the best modern h 

 Haworth, Lewin. 



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