558 INVESTIGATION OF INSECTS. 
of Lepidoptera; Phryganea L.; Ephemera, Perla, Termes ; 
Formica ; Tipula, Bibio, Empis ; Scolopendra ; and various 
Arachnida*. In apiece of amber in my collection I find 
Evania, Formica, Chironomus, and some Arachnida. 
Fossil insects have also been found in other substances. 
Parkinson figures larvee of Lbellulina found in lime- 
stone®; some Melolontha in slate ; a Polistes in schistus ; 
Carabi and Necrobia in vegetable debris: but some of 
these rather belong to a comparatively modern forma- 
tion °. 
I observed in the outset of our correspondence, that 
we were entering an august temple, exhibiting in its 
inmost sanctuary the symbols of the Divine Presence‘. 
In proportion as we have penetrated, glory from that 
Shechinah has more and more shone forth: and whether 
we have considered the uses of insects, their ways and 
instincts, their forms and structure, and their arrange- 
ment in a wondrous and complex system, the Wispom, 
Power and Goopness of their and our Creator have 
every where been marvellously conspicuous, and calcu- 
lated to awaken in us every devotional feeling. If, indeed, 
we admire and study these little creatures, or any other 
department of nature, without reference to their Crra- 
Tor, and collect and love them merely for themselves, we 
shall be in some sense idolaters, and, like the ancient 
world, put the works of Gop in his place. But if, while 
we admire them and store them up and study them, we 
see in them his glory reflected, and in the creature love 
a N. Dict. d’ Hist. Nat. xvi, 281. 
> Organic Remains iii. t. xvii. f. 2. 
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