Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
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Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words printed in i...
4. Part 4We enter the third sub-class then at Pyralis, and find ourselves among some of the most beautiful little creatures in existence--sylph-like beings, which spend their lives in th...
3. Part 3A second fancy which I wish to combat is, that of analogy and affinity; and as Mr. MacLeay is by far the most learned and competent advocate of these distinct descriptions of re...
5. Part 5I have previously given, in a note, a list of the genera which are usually considered as Bombyces, and ought, therefore, if properly placed, to be included in the sub-class Phal...
2. Part 2[14] I am fully aware that this part of the subject is far above the comprehension of man, and felt exceedingly reluctant to carry system farther than the two great groups--anim...