ENTOMOLOGY, (from entomos, "an insect", and logos, "a discourse,") is that part of zoology which treats of insects.
Many are disposed to reckon the study of Entomology trifling. Hunters of butterflies, and catchers of grasshoppers, are laughed at by the vulgar, and even by those who are more enlightened. The great numbers and diversity of insects, the beauty and configuration of
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some of them, and the singular instincts of others, cannot but attract notice, and excite astonishment in those who are fond of contemplating the works of nature, rendering thus the study of Entomology, to them, a source of much pleasure. A collection of the individuals which compose any of the more numerous genera, placed at the same time, before one capable of attending to the striking similarity of the whole, and tracing