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above productions of Nature. I am bound to say that his plates 

 display more truth in the way of food-plants than this led me to 

 expect. Passing thence to nomenclature, he compliments " the 

 Aurelian Society and several other ingenious gentlemen, because 

 they, from time to time, have thought proper to bestow some 

 Name on every Sj)ecies that has come within their knowledge," 

 modestly adding that, while retaining suitable names already 

 given, he "has presumed to bestow names on such as either had 

 none at all, or which he thought not sujSiciently denominative of 

 the particular Flies intended to be known by them," making the 

 names descriptive of " the shape, colour, marking, food, or place 

 where found." 



The Introduction mentions, among other things, that " it fre- 

 quently happens that the Fly does not come out at the usual 

 time, but continues in the Chrysalis state till that time Twelve- 

 month." That "the Goat Moth is three years proceeding from 

 the egg to the Fly-state." That "the Caterpillars are divided 

 into naked and Cloathed kinds " : which principle of classification 

 he follows throughout the work, mixing up Macros and Micros. 

 That " some Caterpillars feed upon the Waters naked and exposed 

 and others make themselves Cases of Sticks, Rushes, &c., in the 

 Waters, where they get their food." He notices " the surprising 

 Quickness and Distinction in the Sense of Smelling in the Males, 

 when in quest of the females — exceeding that of the Blood Hound." 

 Butterflies are distinguished from Moths by their clubbed antennae, 

 the Burnets being nondescript. The Introduction concludes with 

 a quotation from ' The Universe,' a poem by Mr. Henry Baker, 

 comparing the metamorphoses of the fly to those of the man. 



Then follows a list of the months, with the moths that occur, 

 and the localities, among which are " The Banks about Chelsea 

 Waterworks and such like places" for the hawk tribe. The first 

 ten days of July are to be devoted to the Purple Emperor in 

 Comb Wood, by Kingstone, in Surrey. And when " the Purple 

 Emperor begins to grow bad, the Time comes on when tlie second 

 Breed of the Swalloiv Tail Butterfly is quite fresh." Eotherhithe 

 Marshes and the low grounds by Yauxhall are great localities, 

 and in October comes the Admirable Butterfly. 



As to methods, the net is of gauze, "like a Bat-fowling net: 

 one Ell long, f of a yard wide at the bottom and ^ a yard at the 

 top, sewed to a tape, that it may be fastened to a couple of Hassle 



