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great mcafurc by the accefs which has obligingly been allowed the 

 editor to the cabinets of the Rritilh Mufcuni, Sir Jofcph Banks, (he 

 late Dr. Hunter, now Dr. Haillies, and the late Mr. Lee's of Ham- 

 mcrfmith, in one or other of which almoll all the new (pccic* of 

 Fabric! us are to Ik* found named bv himfelf; while, as to the Linnxan 

 fpecu s, Hie original collection of Luukcus has afforded the ful Ml and 

 moil certain information. Mod of even the new infects figured in 

 this work may be found in one or other of the above cabinets; and 

 all of them in the exquifite collection of Mr. Francillon, tranfmittcd 

 by Mr. Abbot himfelf In the genus of Pitpi/h the editor has derived 

 great alliftancc from his accurate and liberal friend, Mr. Jones, of 

 Chcllca, whole knowledge of that tribe is perhaps unequalled, and 

 whole drawings are themfclvcs the original authority for many of 

 Profcflor Fabriciuss recently puhliflicd Papi/fattcs* which were actually 

 defcribed from thence alone. 



Wherever anv of the infects in this work could be detected 111 the 

 works of Fabrictus, and it is IiojxxI there are fc\\\ il anv, ol his among 

 them that have not been found out, his trivial names I wive been feru- 

 puloully retained, except when, as it will be found, weighty rcafons 

 required a change. In many cafes the terminations of his names have 

 neccflarily been altered, to prevent their elalhing with thole peculiar 

 terminations, which Linnaeus judicioully appropriated to ]x*culiar sec* 

 dons of P/utlantF. '1 bus the imperial** o( Fabrictus has been changed 

 to imftratoria* regalu to regfo* becaufc names ending in a/is belong 

 only to the P&abe&B Pyralts* The fpecitie characters however have 

 not lx:en blindly adopted from either Fabrieius, or Linnams himfelf, 

 but have all been modelled from as wide a contemplation as could l>c 

 obtained of Ipccies naturally akin; hence they will Ik* found often 

 more full, and perhaps more exact, than thole of Linn;eus, who knew 

 comparatively few LrpuhpUra^ or thofe of Fabrieius, who was not 

 rarticulnrlv acquainted with their melamorplrofes, knowing them 

 chiefly in cabinets* and therefore wanting the great clue to a natural 





