AN 
INTRODUCTION 
TO 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
LETTER XVI. 
SOCIETIES OF INSECTS. 
IMPERFECT SOCIETIES. 
I SEE already, and I see it with pleasure, that you will 
not content yourself with being a mere collector of in- 
sects. To possess a cabinet well stored, and to know by 
what name each described individual which it contains 
should be distinguished, will not satisfy the love that is 
already grown strong in you for my favourite pursuit ; 
and you now anticipate with a laudable eagerness, the 
discoveries that you may make respecting the history 
and economy of this most interesting department of 
the works of our Creator. I hail with joy this intention 
to emulate the bright example, and to tread in the 
hallowed steps of Swammerdam, Leeuwenhoek, Redi, 
Malpighi, Vallisnieri, Ray, Lister, Reaumur, De Geer, 
Lyonet, Bonnet, the Hubers, &c.; and I am confident that 
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