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WITH reference to the remarks of Dr. H. Trimen (vol. xxv. p. 32) to this work, now in course of publication under the patronage of the Ceylon Government, of which Parts I. and II. only had then reached him, and especially to the “protest” which he “feels bound to enter” against the name of the artist as there printed at the foot of the several plates, I may be allowed to state that the original drawings made by the native artist, Mr. W. de Alwis (representing about 350 species, or one-third only of the number of Ceylon Lepidoptera known to the author, and that will eventually be figured in this work), which Dr. Trimen states are in the Colombo Museum, were copied by his brother, Mr. George de Alwis, for Sir William H. Gregory, whilst Governor of the Island. These copies are in the author's hands, and it is from them, wherever a suitable figure is available, as well as from specimens of the actual species there represented, that the drawings, and afterwards the lithographing the figures on the stone, were made. The artist's name, as there printed on the several plates of the work, is consequently perfectly correct. In due course, Part IV.—completing vol. i. of this work—will reach Ceylon, wherein the preface is printed, and Dr. Trimen will there see that the native artist to whom he so specially refers, receives the necessary acknowledgment of his labours from the author.
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MOORE, F. “The Lepidoptera of Ceylon”. Nature 25, 79 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/025079e0
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