Excerpt from Les Insectes: Avec un Atlas; Orthoptéres, Hémipteres, Néuroptères, Hyménoptères, Lépidoptères, Rhipiptéres Et Diptères
Surchargé de travaux, et cédant peut-être trop facilement à l'impulsion de l'amitié, à mon empressement à lui être utile, M. Cuvier m'a confié la rédaction de la partie de cet ouvrage qui traite des insectes.
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