THE BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 3 



non on the death of his favourite Argyimus. 

 Proper, iv. 6. 22. 



LATONA, L., Latona [Lathonia], the mother of 

 Apollo and Diana. 



PAPHIA, L., Paph'ia, a surname of Venus, from the 

 island of Paphos. 



AGLAIA, L., Agl'dia, one of the Graces. 



ADIPPE, L., Adippe. Linne says, " In Fauna Cy- 

 dippe perperam pro Adippe legitur." It seems 

 probable that Adippe is merely a variation of 

 Cydippe (for which cf. Virg. Geor. iv. 339), 

 made in consequence of the latter name having 

 been already appropriated to another species. 



EUPHROSYNE, L., Euphros'yne, one of the Graces. 



SELENE, W. V., Selene, the Greek name for Luna, 



the Moon. 



MELITLEA, F., Melita'a, a town in Thessaly. Sodoff- 

 sky proposes Melinaa, a surname of Venus, 

 from fjue\L, honey. 



ATHALiA,Esp., Athall'a, the daughter of Ahab, king of 

 Israel heroine of Racine's tragedy " Athalie." 



CINXIA, L., (jinx'ia, a surname of Juno, connected 

 with cingulus, a girdle. 



ARTEMIS, W. V., Artemis, the Greek name for 



Diana. 



VANESSA, F., Vanes' so,-, probably from Swift's poem 

 of Cadenus and Vanessa, in which the Dean 

 (Decanus) tells the story of his love for Esther 

 (Essd) Ftmhombrugh. Sodoffsky proposes 

 Phanessa, from Qdvys, a Neo-Platonic name 

 for the god of Love. 



C-ALBUM, L., C-al'bum, the white C, from the C-like 

 mark on the underside of the hind-wings. 



URTIC.E, L., Urti'qa, feeds on the Nettle (Urtica 

 dioica) . 



POLYCHLOROS, L., Potychloros. Linne took this 

 name from Aldrovandus, who says (Ins. iii. 245), 

 " Septimus I 7ro\v^\a)po^ dici queat, propter co- 

 lorum diversitatem " (the seventh may be called 

 Polychloros, on account of its varied colours). 

 He seems to have confounded the Latin color 

 with_the Greek ^Xw/ao?, pale. 



lo, L., I'd, a Grecian heroine, famous for her 

 beauty and her misfortunes. Ovid, Met. i. 588. 



ANTIOPA, L., Antiopa, the mother of Amphion. 

 Pers. i. 77. 



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