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LETTER IV.
FELICIA TO GONSTANCE.

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DEAR SISTEIt,

hITHERTO my pen has been employed in pointing out the general characteristics of the insect tribes; but, in order to obtain that degree of knowledge, which shall render our walks interesting, by enabling 'us to recognise our acquaint thce in the various inhabitants of every plant and shrub, I must descend to particulars, and introduce to your notice one individual at least of each genus, that, whets you meet its congeners, you may not be at a loss where to place them, and may have a tolerably well-founded idea of their habits and manner of life, from their similarity to those with which you are better acquainted.

liecal to your remembrance the distinctions of the first order, CoIEoPTEaA, which are two wings, guarded by two horny cases, that meet together in a straight line. This order is ex'remely numerous. The first genus is called Scarabceus, or Beetle. The larva} of the beetle

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