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ADVERTISEMENT. 



The small work which is now oifered to 

 the Public, was undertaken at the sug- 

 gestion of those who, feeling themselves 

 inadequate to plunge immediately into 

 the ocean of new Genera, were still de- 

 sirous to enter by degrees upon the sub- 

 ject of Entomology. To the excellence 

 of the popular and entertaining work by 

 Kirby and Spence, the Public have borne 

 ample testimony, and many have been 

 induced by its pages to desire a more in- 

 timate acquaintance with its contents. To 

 such, and many others, the Illustrations 



