PREFACE. 
Tne intention of the following little work is to 
give a popular view of the habits and economy 
of the most elegant of the Linnean orders of 
Insects, and, from the attractive beauty of the 
objects, to excite in the reader some inquiry 
into their history, which, although by no means 
so striking as that of many other departments 
of Entomology, is nevertheless sufficiently won- 
derful to deserve our admiration. 
There are but few individuals who have not 
been struck with the resplendent and gorgeous 
colows of some of the Butterfly tribe: and 
where is the human being who can behold even 
the most simple and unadorned of the species, 
(the common Cabbage Butterfly,) without asse- 
ciating with it “* the scenes of his childhood, so 
dear to the heart,” when chasing the wayward 
roamer from field to field? Who can meet with 
the pupa of one of these animals, without feeling 
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