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I have thought that it might be interesting to give a short table 

 of the number of species of Lepidoptera described in the first 

 and last of the general works of Linnceus and Fabricius 

 respectively, arranged under the three original genera of 

 Linn?eus, Papilio, SpJiinx, and PhalcE?ia : — 



During this period, several important quarto books of 

 plates of Lepidopiera were published in Sweden, Holland, and 

 England, and were quoted by Linnaeus and Fabricius. 



Among the best illustrations of insects published during the 

 last century were those of Rosel von Rosenhof, a miniature 

 painter of Nuremberg, who issued his " Insecten-Belustigung " 

 in monthly parts. They form four volumes in small quarto, 

 and appeared between 1746 and 1761. The third and fourth 

 volumes were edited by Kleemann after Rosel's death, and 

 Kleemann subsequently added a fifth, under the title of 

 " Beitrage zur allgemeinen Natur und Insectengeschichte." 

 This appeared between 1761 and 1776. These books contain 

 a considerable number of European and Exotic Lepidoptera 

 the latter chiefly Butterflies. 



Two volumes by Clerck, illustrating European and Exotic 

 Lepidoptera^ to which Linna^us's Latin names were attached, 

 were prepared at the expense of the Queen of Sweden, and 

 issued in 1759 and 1764. A few more plates of Exotic 



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