118 Sketch of the Sy sterna Glossatoruni of Fabriciiis. 



Est Cereus undulattis hortulanorum. Simillima Cereo 

 ci/li7idrico (dubitato). Nob. Si/nops. Sncc. 183: sed 

 ultimus est robustior, elatior, et minus ramosus. 



In tota sectione, foliola sediformia in junioribus ra- 

 mulis majora et magis conspicua quam in plurimis 

 Opuntiis ; sed ut in illis citius decidua. 



Obs. Opuntia moniliformis, Plum. ed. Burin, t. 198, 

 novum subgenus constituit naturale. Globoso-articula- 

 ta. Flores tube Cerei; Opuntiarum limbo expanse 

 rosaceo ; unJe bifrontem faciem gerit. Sph^kariam 

 nomen propono. 



XVI. Sketch of the Systema Glossatorum of Fabricius, 

 Vol. 1. From llUgefs Magazmfiir Lisektenhmde, vi. p. 277. 



" La Mort I'a surpris" (Fabricius) " lorsqu' il allait publier le Systema Glos- 

 iatorum. Illiger en a donne un extrait dans son Magazin Entomologiqtie." 

 Cuv. Reg. Anim. iv. p. 117. 1" edit. 



"l^E believe that the Extract alluded to by Cuvier has 

 *' never been published in our language, and that very 

 few British lepidopterists know any thing of Fabricius's Sy- 

 stema Glossatorum, except by name. The original work has 

 never appeared, and we are not aware that any other account 

 of it has been given to the world than that by M. Illiger, at least 

 Latreille, in 1811, knew of no other j for he says, " n'ayant 

 connu cette nouvelle classification," (viz. glossatorum, " le der- 

 nier travail" de Fabricius) que par I'exti'ait qu'en a public 

 M. lUiger," &c. (Recueil d'Obs. de Zool. Humb. et Bonpl. i. 

 p. 237.) We hope, therefore, that the following abridged trans- 

 lation of the article above-mentioned may be acceptable to our 

 readers. Illiger has preserved the specific names of the En- 

 tomologia Systematica, which he says, in the later work (the 

 SystemaGlossatorum,) are frequently changed for others, chiefly 

 derived from those of the plants on which the caterpillars feed ; 

 and he also expresses a doubt as to the stability of some of the 

 following genera, many of which are founded on very minute 

 distinctions, principally the hairiness of the palpi. 



Genus 1. Urania. — Palpi two, very long, triarticulate ; se- 

 cond joint hairy. Anteiincc setaceous, multiarticulate. 

 Type. Papilio Leilus. Noctua Patroclus. 7 species. 



2. Amathusia. — Palpi two, long, villose, triarticulate; second 



joint 



