T76 Lloyd's natural history. 



appeared at Aix-la-Chapelle, from 1827 to 1.^32, and extends 

 as far as tlie NociucE inclusive. 



One of the most prominent French Entomologists during 

 the second and third quarters of the present century was Dr. 

 J. A. Loisduval. In 1829 and 1840, he published two 

 catalogues of European Macro-Lepidoptera^ which profoundly 

 affected the systems of classification in use for many years, 

 i.e., his " Eiiropoeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus;" 

 and his " Genera et Index Methodicus Europreorum lepidop- 

 terorum." These were supplemented by Guenee's "Europ^eo- 

 rum Micro-Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus'' (Paris, 1845), 

 of which, however, only the first part appeared, extending to 

 the beginning of the Tinece. 



Boisduval also published a useful series of plates of European 

 Macro-Lepidoptcra, under the title of " Icones historiques des 

 l,epidopteres d'Europe," and also, with the collaboration of 

 Rambur and Graslin, a work on larvae, entided " Collection 

 iconographique et historique des Chenilles d'Europe " (1832- 

 1843). In some respects Duponchel's later work ran parallel 

 with Boisduval's, for in 183 2- 1842 he also published an 

 " Iconographie des Chenilles;" and in 1844 a very important 

 " Catalogue methodique des Lepidopteres d'Europe." 



Many popular works on European JMacro-Lepidoptera have 

 appeared in France and Germany, of which the most notable 

 is Berge's " Schmetterlingsbuch," first published at Stuttgart in 

 1842. It has gone through many editions in Germany, and a 

 later edition, edited by Hoffmann, formed the basis of my 

 *' European Butterflies and Moths" (1879-82), though I greatly 

 enlarged upon the original work. (I had previously — in 1862 

 — published a small " Manual of European Butterflies," the 

 first English book on Continental European Lepidopterd). The 

 plates have also been used for a similar work by Aurivillius 

 (Nordens FjariUir, Stockholm, 1 888-1 891), adapted to 



