PLATE XII. 



relied upon his evidence. In stating this, it may not be amiss to add 

 still further for the information, as well as the gratification of the 

 Naturalist, not of this country alone, but of Europe generally ; and 

 indeed of every portion of the world to which the light of science may 

 extend, that we are in possession of the like authorities for the whole 

 series of those Papiliones which Fabricius has described from the 

 drawings of Mr. Jones, and which, in most instances, are the only 

 unequivocal authorities now remaining. Possessing this means, it 

 shall become the great object of our care to rescue from obscurity 

 and doubt that ample portion of the scientific writings of Fabricius, 

 by similar illustrations of the more beautiful and rare species, of 

 which no figures are extant, as often as we conceive the requisite 

 variety of our a miscellany will permit* their introduction. 



Papilio Egaea is a native of America; it is a species of that family 

 which is distinguished by the name of Nymphales Gemmaii, having 

 eyeSjOr ocellated spots upon all the wings ; it is represented in the 

 annexed plate in a flying posture, as well as in its resting position. 



* We have lately understood that the editors of Ennjclopadie Methodique^ 

 now publishing in Paris, intend giving figures of the Papiliones of the 

 Equites family, which Fabricius has described. This endeavour to illus- 

 trate Fabricius is under the direction of Mons. Latreille, a Member of the 

 National Institute, an Entomologist himself, of acknowledged talent, and 

 one to whose great ability, as well as personal urbanity, we are happy to 

 bear our testimony of praise. In the absence of more conclusive authority, 

 the conjectures of Mons. Latreille would be, unquestionably, useful ; but we 

 shall, ourselves, tread the same path, and as we trust, may assist also, in no 

 small degree to dispel the darkness which at present overshadows this fair 

 portion of the science. As we are, ourselves, possessed of the authentic 

 evidences, by means of which, the species of Fabricius can be immediately 

 identified, wc have no occasion to wander into the labyrinths of conjecture: 

 we at once arrive at the certainty of truth. The annunciation of this design, 

 on the part of the French editors, leads to a conclusion of the importance 

 attached to this endeavour: it need be only stated on our part, that the 

 illustrations we shall subjoin to such of the Fabrician species as may pass 

 under our own observations, will be precisely taken from the individual 

 objects which Fabricius has described. 



