THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



O F 



BRITISH INSECTS} 



EXPLAINING THEM 

 IN THEIR SEVERAL STATES, 



WITH THE PERIODS oPtHEIR TRANSFORMATIONS, 

 THEIR FOOD, OECONOMY, &c. 



TOGETHER WITH THE 



HISTORY OF SUCH MINUTE INSECTS- 



AS REQUIRE INVESTIGATION BY THE MICROSCOPE. 

 THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATED BY 



COLOURED FIGURES, 



DESIGNED AND EXECUTED FROM LIVING SPECIMENS. 



By E. DONOVAN 



VOL. IX. 



LONDON: 



trinted by bye and law, st. john's sqj7are, clerkxnwell, 



For the Author, 



And for F. and C. Rivingtow, N°62, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 



M. DCCC. 



