228 TIIE BUTTERFLY VIVARIUM. 



Meutherata, and Clairville that of Mytroptera, 

 either of which might serve their intended purpose 

 with great propriety; hut the good old name, Coleo- 

 ptera, still stands good, and is now too well esta- 

 blished to fear erasure from a modern pen, however 

 daring or innovative. 



Speaking of Aristotle reminds me of an amusing 

 and somewhat ridiculous misprint in the " Revue 

 Zoologique," in which the credit intended to be 

 given to the great Macedonian naturalist is rather 

 curiously transferred to a celebrated Italian poet. 

 It is in the preface to the " first part " of this work 

 that M. Guerin de Manneville has allowed the error 

 in question to escape his correction. It occurs when 

 speaking of the vast range of the works of Cuvier, 

 he calls him " cet Arioste des temps moderne," 

 meaning, of course, "cet Aristote." Certainly 

 Cuvier never expected, even accidentally, to be com- 

 pared to the author of the " Orlando Furioso." 



Among the Coleoptera, of Avhich I was just now 

 speaking, the "Water Beetles, though not quite the 

 first in the order of arrangement, perhaps deserve 

 the first notice in a work where fitness for a Viva- 

 rium is the principal object sought for. Most of 

 the Water Beetles will form interesting objects in 

 a Vivarium in which a small tank forms a leading 



