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 IX. Notes on the Butterflies described by Linnceus. By 



W. F. KiRBY. 



[Eead 21st March, 1870.] 



The appearance of Mr. Butler's valuable and long-expected 

 " Catalogue of Lepidoptera described by Fabricius, in the 

 Collection of the British Museum/' has suggested to me 

 that a list of the species described by Linnaeus, with notes 

 on the typical figures, would also be useful. 



The works of Linnseus which I intend to quote, are 

 the 11th edition of the Systema Naturae (1760), which is 

 a reprint of the 10th edition (1758); the Fauna Suecica, 

 ed. 2 (1761) ; the Museum Ulricas (1764); the Systema 

 Naturee, ed. 12, part 2 (1767), the lawful commencement 

 of our nomenclature ; and the Mantissa Plantarum (1771), 

 the appendix to which contains some insects. I shall 

 also quote the species described by Johansson and 

 Sparrman in the Amoenitates Academicte, most of which 

 were taken up by Linnaeus in his subsequent works. For 

 the sake of brevity, special reference will not always be 

 given in full to each successive work. 



I must remark, that the value of the figures quoted by 

 Linneeus as illustrating his species, is usually very slight; 

 and that much discrimination and great care is requisite 

 to apply them properly, or they will lead us astray in 

 almost every instance, excepting only those in which the 

 Linnean description itself is taken from the figure quoted. 

 In the following notes, figures quoted with doubt by 

 Linngeus will generally not be noticed; figures verified 

 by myself will be marked with an asterisk; and the 

 modern genus will be added to the name of each species, 

 except to those of the typical Papilio. 



When I have been unable to verify doubtful references 

 for myself, or if difierences of opinion exist, the authorities 

 for the references are pointed out. References are 

 not quoted for European species, except in special 

 cases. 



The Linnean descriptions, as a rule, are not hard to 

 comprehend, when you have the insect to which they refer 

 before you ; and I have no doubt that, with a little trouble, 

 any Entomologist with a good collection before him, could 

 easily identify most of those which I have been unable to 

 determine. 



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