INTRODUCTION BRAN

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ENTOMOLOGY:

OR

ELEMENTS

OF THE

NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS:

WITH PLATES.

BY WILLIAM KIRBY, B.A. F.L.S.

RECTOR OF BARHAM,

AND

WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq. F. L.S.

VOL. I.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BARONET,

ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY

COUNCIL,

KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, ETC.

WHOSE UNRIVALLED LIBRARY AND

PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS

HAVE FURNISHED MUCH OF THE MOST INTERESTING MATTER THAT IT CONTAINS,

THE FOLLOWING WORK,

IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO COPY

HIS ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE,

BY POINTING OUT THE CONNECTION THAT EXISTS BETWEEN NATURAL SCIENCE, AND AGRICULTURE,

AND THE ARTS,

IS, WITH HIS PERMISSION,

MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED

BY HIS MOST OBLIGED

AND OBEDIENT SERVANTS,

THE AUTHORS.