CHAPTER VIII. 
THE AKTICULATA DIVISIBLE INTO TWO PllOVINCES. 
It should perhaps be stated that this chapter is exclu¬ 
sively entomological, and maybe omitted by those natural¬ 
ists who have not made insects their particular study : to 
entomologists, on the contrary, it is important, as affording 
them the means of testing the truth of my proposition. 
If there is truth in any proposition as applied to the ani¬ 
mal kingdom, I conceive it should also be true when ap¬ 
plied to an integral portion of that kingdom. I cannot 
imagine the Almighty will, the creative fiat, as capable of 
failure in carrying out its designs, or as exercising at ran¬ 
dom infinite and irresponsible power. I cannot estimate 
the effects of such power by an appeal to human power, 
or universal intelligence by a comparison with the insig¬ 
nificant mental capacity of man, otherwise I should not 
seek uniformity or harmony in such a stupendous mass. 
But believing that I have discovered evidence of design 
or system in the animal kingdom as a whole, 1 believe the 
same design will permeate its parts ; and 1 imagine that 
insects offer an illustration of this uniformity of design. 
To proceed with the enquiry : it will be seen by a re¬ 
ference to the works of all the more able entomologists 
