ON 



THE VAEIATION OF SPECIES 



WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO 



THE INSECTA; 



FOLLOWED BY 



AN INQUIRY INTO 



THE NATURE OF GENEEA. 



BY 



T.'"VERNON WOLLASTON, M.A., F.L.S. 



" No compound of this earthly ball 

 Is like another, all in all." 



Tenmyson. 



LONDON: 



JOHN VAN YOOKST, PATEKNOSTER ROW. 

 1856. 



