PREFACE. 



ably and at large. The Author submits, with 

 much humility, that both classes are in error : 

 he submits also that introductory works 

 should be written for those who know nothing 

 of the subject on which they read, and hy 

 those who possess, in themselves, some prac- 

 tical knowledge of the subject on which they 

 write. 



In accordance with tliese views, the Author 

 has written the following pages; he supposes 

 his reader utterly ignorant of Entomology, 

 and endeavours to show him that it is the 

 History of Insects, and the Physiology of 

 Insects, and the Classification of Insects, and 

 the Art of Preserving Insects: he does not 

 address himself to the professed entomologist; 

 to such tlus work will be of little value. 



The First Book, entitled History of Insects, 

 is a complete compilation ; a series of histories 



