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it now stands, must be regarded as one that has 

 been of important service to entomology, and the 

 first ever executed in this country in such a high 

 style of art. The figures are in general extremely 

 accurate, and the colouring faithful to nature. It is 

 proper, however, to add, that two series were issued 

 at different prices, one of them wholly coloured by 

 Harris's own hand, the other by ordinary colourists 

 under that artist's superintendence. The work ac- 

 quires additional importance from the fact, that the 

 figures are often cited by the best descriptive and 

 systematic writers, so that it has obtained a kind of 

 classical value as a book of reference. * It is like- 

 wise remarkable as being the first work published 

 in this country in which an attempt was made to 

 apply the Linnean trivial names. 



We must now say a few words respecting the 

 Collection itself. During the temporary reverse of 



* A few years ago, a new edition, with impressions from the 

 original plates, was published, under the editorial care of Mr. 

 Westwood, by Mr. Henry Bohn the bookseller. 



It is not easy to speak of this edition in terms of too high com- 

 mendation. The colouring, executed from the original drawings* 

 under the superintendence of one of the ablest entomological 

 artists of the day, is faithful to nature, and owing to the fineness 

 of the paper and a particular process to which it has been sub- 

 jected, possesses a lustre and beauty which were unattainable 

 at the time when the original edition appeared. The text has 

 been in a great measure re-written ; ample and accurate de- 

 scriptions introduced ; the modern nomenclature applied, and 

 the intricacies of synonymy unravelled ; Indexes and much 

 original matter added, and the whole work adapted to the 

 present advanced state of the science. 



