1^2 LLOVDS NATURAL HISTORY 



Equitidce. 



I have already mentioned Mr. Rippon s monograph ol 

 Ornitlioptera (vol. ii., p. 251). 



In 1852 G. R. Gray published his quarto "Catalogue of 

 Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British 

 Museum, Part i., PapilionidcEr It included descriptions of 

 many new species, and was illustrated with thirteen coloured 

 plates, and one plain one. It was intended to form the first 

 volume of a series, but was never continued. 



Moths. 



Most of the special works on Moths have been or will be 

 noticed under the families to which they belong. The titles of 

 Boisduval's " Essai sur une Monographic des Zygenides " 

 (Paris, 1829) and Maassen and Weymer's " Beitrage zur 

 Schmetterlingskunde " (live parts, containing figures of Satur- 

 niidce^ published at Elberfeld, from 1869 to 1886) may close 

 this section of our bibliography. 



Local FauncE. 

 Europe and PalcEarctic Region generally. 



The literature relating to separate countries will be discussed 

 under suitable headings. Detailed information respecting 

 nearly every important work on European Lepidoptera pub- 

 lished up to 1798 will be found in Werneburg's " Beitrage zur 

 Schmetterlingskunde" (2 vols., Erfurt, 1864). 



Three books of the last century deal with European 

 Leridoptera as a whole. The first and most important of these 

 is Esper's "Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen." It was published 

 at Erlangen in quarto, in eighty- four parts, forming five volumes, 

 usually bound in seven. The book was commenced in 1777, 

 and the main portion was completed about 1S04; but later 



