ENTOMOLOGY:

OR

ELEMENTS

OF THE

NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS:

WITH PLATES.

By WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R. AND L.S.

RECTOR OF BARHAM, AND

WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq. F.L.S.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

FIFTH EDITION.

LONDON:

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LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

1828.

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TO 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,

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