ADVERTISEMENT. 



or Hawk Moths : none of the larger kinds of Phatensr 

 or Moth tribes have been over-looked, and the number 

 of thofe of an inferior fize that are extremely rare, or 

 particularly beautiful, are altogether confiderable. Thofe 

 are chiefly alluded to, becaufe general obfervers are more 

 immediately interefted with the uncommon elegance of 

 the Lepidopterous tribes than any others. In general, 

 however, the reader will meet with fome information in 

 every department, as nothing material in any cabin^et to 

 which he has accefs has been omitted. 



The arrangement of the fubje6ls is for the moft pait 

 conformable to the fyftem of Linnaeus, with occafional 

 leference to the writings of Fabricius. This is defigned to 

 affift the labours of the practical Entomologift, and by 

 combining novelty with beauty, and fcientific information, 

 may induce many other attentive obfervers of nature to 

 purfue this pleahng and intereiling ftudy. 



The Author cannot but feel fome degree of fatisfadion 

 in having at lead fulfilled the chief object of his firft 

 defign, and after the labour of ten years completed a 

 Work, perhaps the moft extenfive that may ever appear 

 in this form on the fubje6l of Britiili Entomology ; but 

 this confideration will not permit him to entirely abandon 

 his favourite purfuit : his attention will be ftill dire6led to 

 4 fcience in which the paft indulgence of a liberal puh^ 



lie, 



