ENTOMOLOGY. 



permitted to be taken ; and for this reason it appears under another 

 name ; he calls it Papilio Menetas, under the persuasion of its being 

 a non-descript, and by this means the same insect, even to the present 

 day, appears as two distinct species, and is recorded as such in all 

 the entomological nomenclatures. Our observations will be the 

 means of pointing out this error, and correcting it. 



Papilio Tacitus is a small species of remarkable and peculiar 

 character, and must be regarded as a very pleasing example of that 

 tribe of Papiliones to which Fabricius has assigned the generic name 

 Hesperia, It is described as a native of Surinam by Fabricius ; 

 from the manuscripts of Mr.Drury, now in our possession, it appears, 

 however, that he did not receive it from that country : Jiis note on the 

 species states that it is a native of " Brazil," and that it was commu- 

 nicated by " jTfr. in the year V^^Q.'''' The specimen was 

 numbered 670 of his cabinet. He had another very analogous 

 insect. No. GST? which he received also from Brazil, and from the 

 same correspondent. Our readers will recollect that Surinam lies 

 North of the equinoctial line, and Brazil to the South ; and that the 

 distance between those places must be regarded as considerable, 

 especially in determining the locality of the species. 



