vail PREFACE. 



and much useful information connected with the 

 anatomy of the eyes, antennae, and internal organs 

 of the insect; and Mr. Tegetmeier, the esteemed 

 Secretary of the Apiarian Society, provided him with 

 several specimens of Bees, &c. &c., from the Society's 

 collection of hives at Muswell HUl. 



The assistance thus received, as weU as that de- 

 rived from Mr. Purkiss's excellent preparations and 

 from those kindly lent to him by private friends, the 

 author thinks it right to acknowledge before com- 

 mencing his agreeable labours. 



Liverpool, July 1860. 



