A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects Contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company, Illustrated by Coloured Figures of New Species and of the Metamorphosis of Indian Lepidoptera, With Introductory Observations on A...; Part I


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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the East India Company


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The work represents Horsfield's extensive pioneering research on the lepidoptera of Java mainly carried out at Surakarta while Raffles was Lieutenant Governor of the island. Some of the hand-coloured plates are drawings by Javanese artists and by young Dutch artists from the Semarang Marine School.