tempt any general description, especially as they are very imperfectly known.
We have now entered, as far as our limited space will admit, into the history of the external and internal organisation of insects, a department of natural history fraught with interesting subjects of research, and exhibiting, in so conspicuous a manner that it can scarcely fail to strike the most insensible, the goodness and power of that adorable Intelligence which has provided for the wellbeing of the lowliest of his creatures, by a mechanism and a vital system even more complicated than among the higher animals, and equally deserving of our admiration. What we have further to add illustrative of their manners, instincts, geographical distribution, &c. will be given in the systematic exposition of the different orders, a branch of the subject which occupies the remainder of the volume.
