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and as in formation of this nature is seldom to 

 be met with, it cannot fail of being acceptable 

 to our readers* The collection formed in Java 

 by Dr. Horsfield, is, without doubt, the most 

 perfect that has ever reached England from 

 the Indian Archipelago ; the number of the spe* 

 cimens exceeding 20,000, and the whole being in 

 the highest state of preservation* From these 

 valuable materials, it is likely that the students 

 of Entomology will reap the most important 

 benefits; Mr. W. Macleay, whose liberal and 

 enlarged views of his favourite science place 

 him at the head of our British Entomologists, 

 having commenced a descriptive Catalogue of 

 the Insects of Java, accompanied with some 

 excellent remarks on their natural distribution. 

 From the first part of this work we extract the 

 following useful observations on the locality of 

 certain Javanese Insects : 



" In the year 1812, or soon after the conquest 

 of Java by the British arms, Dr. Horsfield's 

 original plans were considerably enlarged, in 

 consequence of the liberal patronage which was 

 bestowed on his researches by the Honourable 

 East India Company, through the friendly me- 

 dium of Sir Stamford Raffles, the Lieutenant- 

 Go vernor of the Island. At this time, Dr. Hors- 



