164 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



Lcpidoptera were also prepared for a proposed third volume, 

 which was never published. 



Three volumes of " Illustrations of Natural History," were 

 published by D. Drury, a goldsmith in the Strand, in ryyi, 

 1773, and 1782; and a new edition was issued by Westwood 

 in 1837, under the title of " lUustrations of Exotic Ento- 

 mology." The greater part of the insects figured in this work 

 are Lepidoptera^ and among them are many species from Sierra 

 Leone, which continued, till within the last few years, to be of 

 almost unattainable rarity in collections. A German translation 

 of the first volume was published by Panzer in 1785-1788, of 

 which I possess a nearly complete copy. In 1776 Sulzer 

 published his " Abgekiirzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem 

 Linneischen System," which includes several well-executed 

 coloured \)\'^\.^'?,o{ Lepidoptera. In 1785, Roemer re-issued the 

 plates of this work, with some additions and new letterpress, 

 under the title of " Genera insectorum Linnei et Fabricii 

 iconibus illustrata." 



We now come to a book which is still one of the most 

 valuable collections of i)lates of Exotic Lepidoptera in 

 existence — Cramer's " Papillons Exotiques," published at 

 Amsterdam, in Dutch and French. There are four volumes, 

 containing 400 plates. The latter part of this work was 

 edited by Stoll (see vol. iii., p. 106, note) ; and Stoll sub- 

 sequently published a Supplement, or fifth volume, compris- 

 ing 42 plates, on which many transformations are figured, 

 as well as perfect insects. These volumes were issued in 

 parts, and as far as I have been able to ascertain, after con- 

 siderable research (cf. "Entomologists' Monthly Magazine," xiv., 

 pp. 278, 279, May, 1S78), the dates of issue were as follows : — 

 Vol. I. pis. 1-84 ... ... 1775 



<^5- 96 1776 



II. pis. 97-192 1777 



