V 



TO 



WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, LL.D. F.R.S. &c. 



PROFESSOR OF BOTANY, 

 TO WHOSE KINDNESS AND EARLY ENCOURAGEMENT 



THE AUTHOR 



IS GREATLY INDEBTED FOR HIS LOVE OF THE SCIENCE 



TO WHICH HE IS SO STRONGLY ATTACHED, 



AND FROM THE INVESTIGATION OF WHICH 



HE DERIVES SO MUCH PLEASURE, 



THIS VOLUME, 



ILLUSTRATING 



MANY OF THE LOCAL INSECTS AND PLANTS OF SCOTLAND, 



IS DEDICATED, 



AS A SMALL BUT SINCERE TRIBUTE OF HIS REGARD 



AND RESPECT. 



London, Jan. 1, 1826. 



