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ADVERTISEMENT. 



There are ThiHy-f our Plates in the present Vo- 

 lume, devoted to the History of British Diurnal 

 Lepidoptera (Butterflies) ; and these Plates 

 contain One Hundred and Forty -seven Figures, 

 drawn, engraved, and coloured from the objects 

 themselves in almost every instance : there are, be- 

 sidss, two Plates of an elementary description, which 

 contain Twenty-nine Figures, making in all One 

 Hundred and Seventy-six Illustrations. Be- 

 ing devoted to the elucidation of so very interesting 

 and beautiful a portion of British Insects, we trust 

 the Volume will be as highly appreciated as any of 

 its predecessors, if not more so. Every pains has 

 been bestowed to render the Illustrations and De- 

 scriptions as complete a manual of the Diurnal 

 Lepidoptera of our own country, as was possible in 

 the space to which we have judged it advisable to li- 

 mit the subject. 



In following out these our anxious endeavours 

 to render the Volume as useful and popular as iu 



