Miscella neous. 177 



Horrioh-Schaeffcr in 1869, in C.B. Zool. Tor. Eegensburg, xsiii. 

 pp. 173-176, 204-216, made a great effort to unravel Huobner's 

 dates. The following is his tabulation of the Europ. Schmett. 

 according to the inibriuation he acquired from Geycr. It is re- 

 printed here for comparison with Fcrnald, but it is obvious that 

 I'ernald's list is a nearer approximation to the truth : — 



1. Papilio Pl8. 1-113. 1798-1803. 153-181. 1818-1827. 



114-1.^)2. 1803-1818. 182-207. 1827-1841. 



2. Sphinx Pb. 1-19. 1797-1803. 32-35. 1818-1827. 



20-31. 1803-1818. 36-38. 1827-1841. 



3. Bonibvs Pis. 1-52. 1800-1804. 66-69. 1818-1827. 



53-65. 1804-1818. 70-83. 1827-1841. 



4. Xoctua Pis. 1-93. 1799-1804. 147-157. 1818-1827. 



94-146. 1804-1818. 158-185. 1827-1841. 



5. Qeonietra ... Pis. 1-69. 1797-1803. 99-105. 1818-1827. 



70-98. 1803-1818. 106-113. 1827-1841. 



6. Pyralis Pis. 1-23. 1796-1803. 30. 1818-1827. 



24-29. 1803-1818. 31-32. 1827-1841. 



7. Tortrix Pis. 1-30. 1796-1803. 47-48. 1818-1827. 



31-46. 1803-1818. 49-53. 1827-1841. 



8. Tinea Pis. 1-46. 1793-1803. 68-69. 1818-1827. 



47-67. 1803-1818. 70-71. 1827-1841. 



9. Alucita Pis. 1-3. 1800-1803. 4-7. 1803-1816. 



4. Geschichte europ. Schmett. (Larvae &c.) 7 vols. 4to. Augs- 



burg. 462 pis. [1796-1841 or 1842]. 

 We have not attempted to work out the dates of this book, as it 

 does not concern nomenclature, but a few were given by Sherborn 

 and Durrant in the paper referred to above. 



5. Tentamen . . . stirpium Lepidopt. Single sheet, 4to, no date 



or place, but 1806 according to Huebner himself (Verz. bekannt. 



Schmett. p. 3, 18] 6). Zeller and Staudinger both considered 



the date to be 1805. See last sentence in no. 7. 



[With regard to the ' Tentamen/ Zincken writes in Ersch and 



Ciruber, Allgem. Encyclop. Sect. i. Theil 12, p. 365, 1824, article 



'■'■ Brephos" : — "The above-mentioned attempt at a Lepidoptera 



system by Jacob Hiibner of Augsburg, already frequently referred 



to in this Encyclopedia on similar occasions, was printed on a 



quarto sheet (1815) Avithout date under the title : Tentamen [&c.] — 



and shows on the author's part experienced and correct views of the 



families, but is otherwise altogether without scientific value, since 



the genera are throughout arbitrarily erected and arbitrarily named, 



without the necessary regard to what has previously been done in 



the scientific world in connection with this subject." We suppose 



the (1815) to be a misprint for (1805).] 



6. Samml. exot. Schmett. 4to. Augsburg, 1806-[1841]. 



Vol. I., T.p., 4 pp. of Index, 213 plates. [1806-c. 1819.] * 

 Vol. II., T.p., 4 pp. of Index, 225 plates, [c. 1819-1826.] * 

 Vol. III., 54 plates (known to us), [post 1826-1841.] 



* Scudder, Proc. Amer. Acad. Sci. x. 1875, p. 96. 

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