Part I. 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS 



CONTAINED IN THE 



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ILLUSTRATED BY 



COLOURED FIGURES OF NEW SPECIES 



AND OF THE 



METAMORPHOSIS OF INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS 



GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF THIS ORDER OF INSECTS. 



BY 



THOMAS HORSFIELD, M.D. F.R.S. L.S. & G. S. 



MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC, AND OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON, AND OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY 



NATURE CURIOSORUM ; 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, AND OF THE 

 HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, &C. " 



TO BE COMPLETED IN SIX PARTS. 



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