Book excerpt: Excerpt from Index Entomologicus, or a Complete Illustrated Catalogue: Consisting of 1944 Figures, of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain The great expense attending works on Natural History, where the subjects are accurately drawn and coloured, has in a considerable degree confined the sale to persons of Opulence, and prevented that general access to figures which is so essen tial to the promotion of the science. In the present Work this objection is removed, since the figures, (excepting those on royal paper, ) though drawn and coloured with the greatest possible care, do not exceed one penny each! It now only remains for us gratefully to acknowledge the ready assistance we have received from several scientific gentlemen, and most especially from J. F. Stephens, Esq., to whom we cannot sufficiently express our thanks for his unwearied assist ance throughout the work, and for the liberal manner in which he placed his invaluable Collection at our service, not withstanding the risk of injury occasioned by the removal of the different Insects from Camberwell to London. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.