i66 Lloyd's natural ttlsTokV. 



lettering of the plates, but Geyer has added die locality 

 beneath the name of each species. Hubner's two volumes were 

 published between 1806 and 1824, and Geyer's additional plates 

 about 1835 ^^ 1^36- 'l'^"^^ "Zutriige " consists of 172 plates, with 

 indices and German letter|)ress, divided into five " centuries," 

 each volume depicting the upper and under side of 100 

 species ; the whole thus consisting of five thin volumes in 

 which 1,000 figures, representing 500 species, are contained. 

 These volumes bear date 18 18, 1823, 1825, 1832, and 1835, 

 and the last three were edited, if not written, by Geyer. The 

 species figured in the " Sammlung " are large species, chiefly 

 Butterflies; and those figured in the "Zutrage" are smaller 

 species, and chiefly Moths. Hiibner's "Sammlung" is now 

 being re-issued by M. Wystmann, in Belgium, and is to be 

 followed by the " Zutrage." 



Various editions of Cuvier's " Regne Animal " appeared in 

 France and England, several of which contain valuable 

 information on Lepidflpte?-a. The most important cognate 

 work is probably Guerin-Meneville's " Iconographie du 

 Regne Animal." The plates were published in 1829, and 

 were reproduced by G. R. Gray in 1833 in vol. xv. of 

 Griftith's " Animal Kingdom ; " but Guerin-Mene'ville's text, 

 which includes descriptions of many new species not figured 

 on his plates, was not published till 1844. 



There is a series of important French works in octavo, with 

 plates, known as the "Nouvelles Suites a Bufl'on." Of these, 

 eight volumes relate to Lepidoptera\ one by Boisduval (1836) 

 containing Papilioiiides and Pierides \ six by Guenee : " Noc- 

 tuelites " (3 vols., 1852), " Deltoides et Pyralites " (i 

 vol., 1854), and " U ran ides et Phalenites " (2 vols., 1857); 

 and finally Boisduval published a volume of " Lepidopteres 

 Heteroceres," including Castnides, Splii/ii^idcs, and Sesiides. 

 I'his book bears date 1874, but was not published till 1875. 



