ENTOMOLOGY. 
NATURAL HISTORY 
OF 
COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
“ Si vous parlez d’une pierre, d’une fourmi, d’un mou. 
cberon, d’une abeiRe, votre discours est une espece de de- 
monstration de la puissance de celui qui les a formdes; 
car la sagesse de l’ouvrier se manifeste pour l’ordinaire 
dans ce qui est le plus petit. Celui qui a dtendu les 
cieux, et qui a creusd le lit de la mer, n’est point different 
de celui qui a percd l’aiguillon d’une abeille, afin de donner 
passage k son venin.” — St Basil , Lyonnet’s Trans. 
The numerous beings comprehended under the 
name of Insect, offer to our regard so many inte- 
resting objects of contemplation and research, that 
their history has deservedly assumed a prominent 
place among the natural sciences. Although not 
to be compared with many other animals in direct 
utility to man, they are by no means destitute even 
of the interest produced by that consideration, 
