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been able to procure it, nor learn how or in what he differs from Linnaeus/' 



In 1773, appeared the splendid work of Benjamin Wilkes, entitled, "One 

 hundred and twenty plates of English Moths and Butterflies." The insects 

 are figured after the manner of Albin, but far more sumptuously: and are 

 accompanied by English descriptions of the caterpillars and chysalides, but 

 not of the perfect state; and are entirely destitute of Latin, generic, and 

 specific names, and references to the inestimable works of Linnaeus. The 

 butterflies figured are the Swallpw-tail, Brimstone, Black-veined White, 

 Small Garden White, Green- veined White, Large Garden White, Orange-tip 

 or Lady of the Woods, Marble White or Marmoris, Meadow Brown, Wall or 

 Great Argus, Speckled Wood or Wood Argus a foreign species of Skipper 

 feeding on mallow, figured in mistake for the Grizzle or Spotted Skipper, Red 

 Admiral, Peacock, Painted Lady, Great Tortoise-shell, Small Tortoise-shell, 

 Comma, Great Silver -striped Fritillary, Glanville or Plantain, Heath Fritillary, 

 Willow or Camberwell Beauty, Small or Marsh Fritillary, Great Silver-spotted 

 Fritillary, Purple Hair-streak, Brown Hair-streak, Green Hair-streak, Com- 

 mon Blue, and the Purple High-flyer or Mmperor of the Woods. 



Wilkes, in his " Preface," informs us that he has been greatly assisted by 

 that well-known and ingenious naturalist, Mr. Joseph Dandridge; to whose 

 noble collection he had free access to during his lifetime, and also the liberty 

 of making what use he thought fit of his curious remarks on those subjects, 

 which were the fruits of no less than forty years experience : and that he 

 must also acknowledge that he has made use of the drawings of some cater- 

 pillar and flies which were published in 1746, by ,1. A. Kosel, at Nuremburgh, 

 in Germany. Wilkes also has introduced a fresh system of classification built 

 upon the caterpillar state. The butterflies he has divided into four classes, 

 viz: 1, Smooth caterpillars; 2, Having little hair; 3, Armed with spikes 

 4, Shaped like wood-lice. 



At the same period Dr. Drury published a beautiful work on " Ento- 

 mology," containing comprehensive descriptions in English and French, with 

 an index of Linnasan names at the end, and a great many coloured upper- 

 plates of such interesting exotic insects, as had not before been, or were 

 insufficiently figured. The icons were executed by Moses Harris in his best 

 style, and are far superior to any of their predecessors in Britain. 



Mr. Drury 's cabinet was one of the most extensive hitherto made, and is 

 said to have contained, in species and varieties, the number of 11,000 specie?. 

 He spared no pains or cost in getting them together, and like Petivcr, sent 

 printed instructions, in various languages, all over the world for that purpose, 

 by captains of ships and others. Soon after his death, in 1810, his collection 



