164 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Bella Donna didiis, Ociilus y)avonis dicftis, showing clearly that the names 

 were not given by himself. Such names as are quoted with i^uigo are not 

 numerous, although in much larger proportion in Lepidoptera than in any 

 other order. I find 25 such among 37 Papilio, and 14 Phalense only 

 among the 114 ! described ; in other orders the proportion is much less. 

 There is not in the whole Fauna Suecica one name given by Linne. In 

 the rare cases where Linne quotes Swedish names he has never given 

 these himself, but quoted them as synonyms, as in Phal. mori. 



Vulgo Bom by X. 

 Suecis Silkesmask. 



In the end of tlie last and in the beginning of the present century there 

 was a general tendency to give to every insect a name in the language of 

 the country in which it was found. In this work, labored Donovan for 

 England, Fourcroy ihd ( leoftVoy for France, Sepp for Holland, Isert for 

 Sweden, Bruennich for Denmark, Panzer and Sturm for Germany; but 

 very soon it was seen that this business was a difficult one, often the names 

 were not appropriate, some were foolish, and others even ridiculous^ 

 while it was apparent to all that such names, instead of being a benefit to 

 science, were only a burden, and soon the matter was dropped entirely. 



F.ven in the case of injurious insects it is seldom necessary to invent 

 common names, for where species are really destructi\e the people almost 

 always have a name for such just at hand. 



With regard to the second point in the paragraph ([uoted, Linne treats 

 of species first in a paper published in 1 736, in Acta literaria et Scientiarum 

 Suecice Upsala, '1". iv, p. 97-138, Anivialia per Sueciam observata. 'i'his 

 paper is reprinted Lugduni Batav. 1743 in 8vo., Elenchus (Uiinialii/jfi per 

 Sneciam ohservatonim, p. j/-(^4. Linne himself quotes this [)aper later 

 always " Acta Upsal, 1736," and states in the preface of Fauna Suecica. 

 ist edition, " quum ad patriam Academiam Upsaliensem 1729 degerem. 

 con([uirendis insectis primam dedi operam,nec prius destiti. (piam visend?e 

 mihi essent 1735 aestivae regiones. Forum quie re|)eri, catalogum a me 

 e.xhibitum. Regia Scient. Soc. Upsal. actis suis })rc) anno 1736 

 inseruit.'"* 



* Wlien I studied in 17-0 at my native Academy of ITpsala, \ collected cliieHy 

 insects, nor did I denist until I stai'ted to visit other countries in 173."). Of those 

 which I found, the Uoyal ScientiHc Society of Tpsala pultlislied in their proceeding.*^ 

 for the year 173*» a catalogue j)repared l>y nie. 



