488 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



European species we shall notice the s. celerio 

 (n 33), s. elpenor, Lin. (n 23),s.porcellus (n 40, 

 s. convolvuli (n So), and that of the oleander 

 ( s. neriiy n 60) ; the sphinx of the vine (n 46) and 

 the s. labruscce (n 9) were brought from the 

 West Indies hy M. Mauge. Most of the species 

 which we have named are accompanied by the 

 remain! of their caterpillar and chrysalis. 



The diurnal lepidoptera, or the genus butterfly, 

 (papillo^-lin.) fill thirty cases. Almost all the 

 names of the gods and demi-gods, as well as 

 of the heroes and celebrated men of antiquity, 

 have been adopted by Linnaeus and Fabricius to 

 designate the species. They have been divided 

 into groupes which have names derived from 

 the same sources; such as the equites, divided 

 into Greeks and Trojans ; the nymphales , danai, 

 heliconii, and satyri. Some smaller species bor- 

 dering on the sphinxes compose the plebeii, 

 which are divided into urbicolce and rurales. 

 The largest and most brilliant species come from 

 the equatorial climates, especially from the Bra- 

 zils and the Moluccas. The collection is too nu- 

 merous to allow us to stop at every object worthy 

 of attention ; we shall therefore confine ourselves 

 to the indication of a few species of the different 

 tribes. 



Among the nyinphales may be noticed the me* 



