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our notice; from a cursory glance we were, however, induceJ to believe 

 its appearance was familiar to our recollection : and that it could 

 not be a new species but one long before described by Fabricius 5 to 

 determine this with due precision, Mr. MacLeay kindly favoured us 

 with the loan of the specimen, and on comparing it with the drawings 

 of Mr. JoneS; to which Fabricius so uniformly refers^ we could no 

 longer entertain a doubt of the accuracy of our first conclusion ; it 

 proved to be the Fapilio Tynderseus of that author, and is the insect 

 described under that epithet throughout all the works in which he 

 treats on that particular species 



Thus it became of some importance to publish the figure of this 

 species, which had not before appeared in the works of any author, 

 together with such elucidatory observations as we deemed best cal- 

 culated to correct the inadvertency. This was done accordingly in the 

 83rd plate of the present work ; and it is now our object to fulfil the 

 promise then made of transferring the name of Fapilio LatreiUii 

 to some other species of acknowledged novelty that might yet remain 

 undescribed. We believe it is within our means in the present 

 instance to redeem the pledge then given ; the insect now before us, 

 one of the Eguites Trojard, of very striking form, of singularity and 

 beauty, we may venture to produce as a species not hitherto described 

 or noticed by any author, and its characters, moreover, it may be 

 added, are indeed so very peculiar that it cannot readily be confounded 

 with any other known species. If, therefore, M. Latreille should 

 be disposed to receive in compliment this tribute of our esteem, in 



* Fabr. Ent. Syst. t. 3. p, 1. n. 104. &c. 



