PLATE DXLL 3 



cabinets, with the exception of that of our fincere friend A. M'Leay, 

 Efq. we have often lamented to obferve a deception intended to fupply 

 the deficiency of tbis fpecies; namely, a little painting of tbe infe£t, 

 carefully configned on a pin, to tbe moil obfcure corner of tbe drawer, 

 amongft the Briuih Papiliones, and which, from its fpecious afpeft and 

 ingenious fimilitude, has oftentimes, we fufpeCt, been miftaken for 

 the original : this is a general fault, arifing undoubtedly from a very 

 pardonable motive, and therefore, we apprehend, mould not be re- 

 prehended in terms of unufual feverity ; yet we cannot think the 

 cuftom wholly blamelefs. — We have alluded to the cabinet of Mr. 

 M'Leay, and it will be therefore right to add in explanation, that his 

 valuable and extenfive collection contained a very fine fpecimen of 

 Papilio Artaxerxes, that had been taken in Scotland previoufly to the 

 difcovery made by Mr. Leach, as before related. 



Though we are not difpofecl to concede this little Butterfly any 

 confiderable portion of praife on account of its beauty, it is not alto- 

 gether devoid of claim in this refpe6t: the upper furface differs little 

 from feveral analogous fpecies, the females of feveral of iC the blues," 

 as they are ufually termed, at the fame time that the afpecl: of the 

 lower furface is entirely diffimilar from moft others ; and exhibits a very 

 delicate, fpotted, and prettily diversified appearance. 



As thefe infe6ls fly in the day-time there can be little doubt they 

 may be fought for by the Collector with fuccefs on the rnlly fpot called 

 Arthur's Seat, near Edinburgh. 



b 2 P L A T E 



