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French Guiana. It was here that 

 Mad. Merian sojourned in 1699 and 

 1701, for the purpose of collecting 

 and studying the material for her 

 great work, the " Metamorphosis 

 InsectorumSuranamensium," which 

 was one of the earliest illustrated 

 works on Lepidoptera published. 

 On the Zoellen plantation, in this 

 district, the original of Cramer's 

 figure of JEudcemonia Semiramis was 

 taken, one of the most remarkable 

 moths in the world, having tails to 

 the hind wings five inches long. 



EAST INDIES. East Indian Archi- 

 pelago; the islands in the Pacific; 

 Malaysia, Australasia, and Poly- 

 nesia. 



ECUADOR, \ Territory in the west 



EQUADOR. / of South America, be- 

 tween Columbia and Peru ; it con- 

 tains the highest peaks of the Andes, 

 Chimborazo and Cotopaxi ; the 

 former was ascended by the great 

 Humboldt, in 1797, to' the height 

 of over 19,000 feet, 



EGA. A town on the Amazon, in 

 Solimoes district, north-west Brazil. 



P^GYPT. The north-eastern territory 

 of Africa. The land of the Pha- 

 raohs, but remarkably meagre in 

 Lepidoptera, though a land of 

 mighty wonders to the archaeologist. 



ENG." England. 



EQUATORIAL AFRICA. That portion 

 of Africa along the Equator, includ- 

 ing Lower Guinea, Ethiopia, Zan- 

 guebar, etc. 



ERIE (Indian). Lake Erie, one of 

 the five great lakes of North Amer- 

 ica, four of which Superior, Huron, 

 Erie and Ontario, lay between the 

 United States and British Columbia. 



ESMERALDAS. A town on the north- 

 east coast of Ecuador. 



ETHIOPIA. ^Ethiopia, central Africa ; 

 most of it unknown. 



EUR., 



EUXLNE SEA. Black Sea, lying be- 



tween Russia and Turkey. 

 FARTHER INDIA. Includes Burrnah, 



Siam, Cambodia, Cochin China, 

 Laos, Tonquin and Malaya. 

 FEEJEES. Feejee Islands ; a cluster 

 of small islands in Polynesia east of 

 the New Hebrides ; the two princi- 

 pal are Takanova and Amboo. 



i FENNIA. Finnland. 

 FERNANDO Po. An island near the 

 northern part of the roast of Lower 

 Guinea, W. Africa. 

 FEZZAN. Great oasis in Sahara, south 

 of Tripoli. 



FII.IIS. The Feejee Islands <SVf Feejees. 



FINNLAND. The country of the Finns, 

 in north-west Russia, it borders on 

 the north on Lapland, and on the 

 west on the Baltic Sea. 



FLA. Florida. 



FLORES. An island in Malaysia east 

 of Java, between Sambawa and 

 Timor, and south of Celebes. 



FLORIDA. The most southern of the 

 United States ; it joins Georgia on 

 the north, its west coast is on the 

 Gulf of Mexico, and its east on the 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



FONTE BOA. A town on the Amazon 

 River, in Solimoes district, north- 

 western Brazil. 



FORMOSA. A great island off the 

 coast of China. 



FR. France. German, Frankreich. 



FRENCH GUIANA. See Cayenne. 



FRIENDLY ISLANDS. A group of 

 small islands in Polynesia, east of 

 the Feejees, and south of Navigator's 

 Islands. 



GABOON. A river on the Equator, in 

 Lower Guinea, west Africa. 



GALAPAGOS. Some small islands on 

 the Equator, west of S. America. 



GALICIA. A northern province of 

 Austria, bordering on Russia. 



GALLIA. France. 



GAMBIA. A river in Senegambia, 

 west coast of Africa. 



GEBIRGE (German). Mountains. 



GENIGUEH. In southern California. 



GEORGIA. One of the United States 

 of N. America ; on its north is 

 Tennessee, on the south Florida, 

 on the west Alabama, on the east 



