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P R E F A 
C E. 
T HE ufefulnefs of the following little work 
will be obvious at firft view, to any one 
who has the flighted: acquaintance with this part 
of Natural Hiftory : The author found it fo ne- 
ceffary, that he always carried a copy of it in his 
pocket ever fince he began to colled; the diffe¬ 
rent fpecies of the Lepidoptera. 
What is now offered to the Publick has been 
revifed and properly arranged, fo that it is truly 
a compendium and repofitory of every new dis¬ 
covery of the author’s refearches for almofl thefe 
thirty years diligent application. 
It is divided into eight columns : 
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The Firji contains a Catalogue of the Englifh 
Names of Moths and Butterflies, which 
are ranged in alphabetical order for the more ea-? 
fy finding any fubjed enquired for. 
The Second fhews what the Infeds feed upon 
in. the Caterpillar hate. 
The 
