. A catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Hon. East-India company. LONDON: WM. H. ALLEN AND CO. tfooftstllcrs to tfjc $cm. 3rast=£nDia (JTompang,7, LEADENHALL STREET. 1857. qqbbO LONDON: Coi anti SSSgman, |3vintcrs to tfjc fljon. <£ast=3InDta (JTompang, 74-5, GREAT QUEEN STREET, PREFACE. It was lny intention, as stated in the Introductory Remarks, tocomprise in the first part of the Catalogue of the LepidopterousInsects contained in the Museum of the East-India Company, thethree first Tribes of this Order of Insects ; but in arranging thiswork for publication, it
. A catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Hon. East-India company. LONDON: WM. H. ALLEN AND CO. tfooftstllcrs to tfjc $cm. 3rast=£nDia (JTompang,7, LEADENHALL STREET. 1857. qqbbO LONDON: Coi anti SSSgman, |3vintcrs to tfjc fljon. <£ast=3InDta (JTompang, 74-5, GREAT QUEEN STREET, PREFACE. It was lny intention, as stated in the Introductory Remarks, tocomprise in the first part of the Catalogue of the LepidopterousInsects contained in the Museum of the East-India Company, thethree first Tribes of this Order of Insects ; but in arranging thiswork for publication, it became evident that our materials andthe labour of preparing them for publication exceeded the originalestimate of their extent: the full illustration of the species, theinvestigation and enumeration of the multifarious synonyms bywhich they are indicated by authors, together with the descriptionsof a considerable number of new species, rendered a modificationof our first plan advisable. I have therefore determined to limitthe first part to the Papiliones and Sphinges, reserving th
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