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XXIX. List of Insects found in the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Edinburgh, 



By Mr C. Stewart. M. W. S. 



[Read 8tb April 1809«] 



I am about to lay before the Society a catalogue 

 of insects found in the neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh. But in doing this, it must not be under- 

 stood that I pretend to give any thing like a com- 

 plete list. Such, in any region, however small, 

 is not to be accomplished by a single person ; at 

 least not without greater attention to the subject, 

 and for a much longer period, than I ever had it 

 in my power to bestow on it. 



The study of entomology in this place has, I 

 believe, been less cultivated than any other branch 

 of natural history. It can indeed be success- 

 fully prosecuted only by the young, the active, 



