The 
ENTOMOLOGIS T’S 
Useful CompenUtum, 
introduction 
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So ITt Which ma y be considered as in its infancy, 
^.ch are dimhn.tive ivn' ?" thosu l iarts of the creation 
researches after knowledge uT ^ beCn almost overlooked in his 
contemptuous neglect Ins led r lgnora " ce ’ , the consequence of this 
small importance” and tn ■ • to cons 'dor the whole class as of 
an d in many cases offensive an ■ *'• trca ! or fo . r forming an useless, 
the language only of “ Ivu/o-htv " ,l,nous tribe ol heings. Such can be 
Nature” although he Jfitrr : ” the ^dest observer of 
and uses of insects, will .wknoJSS^^J^* , haMtS ’ ® 0I,0ni h 
animated beings; — in this vimv'rh ^ - he m °« f° ws,dcr ahle portion of 
°t the most important and inlerestinTtW <jfEnt0ln0logy becolnes one 
natural philosopher He whi ne T 8 * h , at Can cu S a S c the mind of the 
't beneath his Notice caS d«? ^ Study of '^ects, or thinks 
^ dtu re, nor be considered a sr ;l n ?v- C re ®P ec * as a general observer of 
*“? "ill be P an" a l a Xt ” “ - C na . turalist The 'lews of such a 
®n inconsiderable portion of clrcu mscnhed : he regards only 
;tl ;s such asC ( ^, n;llHrC; and hc confines his re- 
th*' 'east obstacle i r • 1 and distinctness of character present 
of sclent tm WiTt"' In th " study of EntomoS S 
2* ain ^ing nun I V ^ope for the exercise of hf zeal 
^’ and ^Uo^:Id PeC T ; ,f heir CUrious forms, so infinitely ca- 
t’s °f transitions f Ud gradually approximating through an endless 
observable* fo ^ another; foe diveStyofstn 
to foe wonder V bose ? ar * wh,ch “ generic characters added 
’rising ceconomy^”f s ln form w hich they undergo, with thdrtur- 
JeCts °f most 5 lri t ch ,T tr \ Ute Ul render them 
speculation to the philosopher. The study of 
