Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres Georgie V1, Abbot and Smith

HISTOIRE NATUREI-LE di:i LEPIDOPTERES III M' » I 11 I G E C) K G I E GOKTWAffT LEURS CARACTERES SISTfeMATIQDES, LBS PARTICULARITY DB LEORS DIFFfiRENTES METAMORPHOSES, AYEG LES PLANTES QUI LBUR SERVENT D'ALIMENT comfoi/p h-ahi'* Z.ES M JEJjV ABBOT, OBSERVATIONS DE ru JACQUES EDOUARD SMITH, * f -i li - *" •f rd J wiiitt., fleet *r»rrr IIDOCXCVIt rt r I TO MISS JOHNES, OK HAFOIJ MT M-IH YOVXG The FMIEKD, an honest tribute if a dedication, at least tf dedication, U usually paid to established worth or pre-eminent knout/edge; yet, as it is a ho sometimes permitted affection alone, it may to breathe the effusions of surety be attotued to combine those effu- When you look over this book, it wilt remind you of many hours we have pafsed together, in the practical sions with hope investigation of simitar object** to those 'which it illustrates, amid some of the noblest scenes of 3$aturc\ hours equally deTo you they unfolded the exquisite lightful to you ami to me perfection and endtefs variety of the creation; to me tliey dis- played a youthful mind, affected and improved by the contemplation of dttch objects as the be* May that God of Mature intended mind never be it should lesj ingenuous, lefs ardent in of truth and virtue, nor lefs affectionate to all who endeavoured to inform and direct it* titan I then beheld it! Such the pursuit ia the sincere, the ardent prayer My of dear young friend Your most affectionate, *dud faithful servant ./ E .SMITH MADEMOISELLE JOHNES, OR IIAFOD ET JLVSn AWE 3tA CUF.RZ Use rigourcuAC, caI el une didicacc, At tonltfo'ts cc viol est firh dans commandment un trihu rendu un merite reeffinu it a de pmfimdej c&nnoissanceA; vdanmoins comme duAage dadreAser unc cpltre dedicatoirc nous *ont Acutemcnt unieA par il hommage Ut il Ica yeux sur moment* que nou* mime* au milieu des outrage, et objets pour mot: y tes ohjetA qui Quand soul Iraitds conjtamment Vons, voua AcincA les plus noble** de la Nature it it moment* dgaloncnl que nou* recherchimtA eticz a/or* toute enliere it vous rappellera deA il avoitA pasAdA ensemble, dc/ideux pour voua sonl cca cet sera ramitidjointe it IcAperance que font nattre tthatreuACA dispositions vans jeltcre% attest dt4 perAonncA qui dc famitie, tes liens plus forte rahon pennis ilenfaire it acceptiojt observer ta perfection iitfinie el la fecwtdc divcrAtld de la cr&tiion; el mot* je remarquois, dans uji Aire encore tendre, un esprit vivanent frappd et dt'jit ag- randi par la contemplation de ces objetA, remp/issanl en cela Us VUC4 de l*Autcur dc ta Nature Puisne cct esprit n dire pa* main* ingdnu quit ne Cetoit dans ce lemps-lii\ puisje-t-il ndtrc ni moittA ardent la verlu, it marcher dans ni mains attache it tcs Jenifers de la vttrite et de ton* ceux qui chercherent a te pcffectionner et a te diriger! Tels Mitt les vamx sincires et ar- denls queforme, Ma chire eljeum amie, Poire tres ajfcctivmie ctjidcUc Acrvileur, 10 U4, 1^ /, £ SMITIL PREFACK OF THE EDITOR In the rapid advancer mcnt which the fciencc of Natural Milton* lias experienced within a few years, the fvftcmatic iludv of Infects has received an ample (bare of cultivation BotanilU the inofl expert in the principles of fcientific arrangement, haTC turned ihofe principles to advantage in the other departments of Nature; for while the comprehenfive and penetrating mind of Linnscus conceived and plan of his Plnfofophia Ifotamca* his labours tended to the methodizing of all The natural knowledge immortal work appear throughout digefted the no tribe than principles of that his zoological labours; have been particularly applied to the Infect lefs by and they his pupil, the celebrated Fabricius, whofe Phikpphia Etitemzhgiai has formed a new epoch in the fciencc it i» While he mar- calculated to teach Hulled his new-foimd Iquadrons under the banners of his great preceptor, the riches of Nature flowed in on every fide upon the fchotor, as they had formerly dotie u|xm the master, leaning to have been in each inllance rcicned for a favourite oblcrver* Hut although the fyftcmatic arrangement of hileifts has of late been prodigioully advanced, the philnlbplrical flndy of their not appear to have been equally cultivated Clerck, Cramer, and Olivier, and the indeed difplav tlio more The economy docs fplendid works of exquilitc one of Drurv, complete infect in a degree of perfection (hat leaves b fcarccly any thing to be dclircd; but where arc the metarawphofes their through which thefc finUhed forms have piled? and where arc various habitations, foods, and manners? Some EuroiKcan mollis and butterflies alone are exhibited fome of their varieties, through all by Harris, Wilkes BTpCT, Rocfd, and the inimitable Scp]>; but who and with their changes, Em ft the admirable though lince the celebrated, not very accurate, Merian, lias laborioufly fcrulinized thole of the re- mote regions of India or Amcricar Tin: materials of the following Ijxrt bv a work have been on the collected Mr John Abbot, many years resident faithful obfervcr, in Georgia* who, after having prcvioufly fludicd the metamorpliofcs of Kngiilh infects, purfucd his enquiries among The the neighbouring jKirts of North America tions be has delineated in a ftyle of beauty fcarccly be excelled, ami has accompanied as well as a reprcfcntauon, of the plants feeds* together with many different meiamoq>hofcs, of Georgia and thofe rcfult of his obferva- and accuracy which can his figures with an account, on which each infcA circumrtancea of its chiefly manners, times of the and other intercfiing For particulars, all tinh fails recorded in thele pages the ]wblic are entirely obliged to Mr Abbot His memorandums, not methodized by lication, have merely liecn digefted into feme fort of by the editor, who lias lo anfwer for the fyftcmatic ment having been The left ftyle generally added remarks of his feparate paragraph and different type tirely himfelf for pub- from the names and own, in definitions; that depart- Mr Abbot execution of this part of the work has not been without difficulties* The fpecies of Irfit/oftUra, as difplaycd in the tion of Fabricius, an: fo immenfely numerous, tlwt Itudy and obfervatiou to acquire requires it laft no This difficulty may come its edi- flhiall a competent knowledge of them, as to be certain whether any (^articular infect that us be among them or not a and who has en- reft; altogether unattempted by and order lo Ixrforc has been overcome in a * 111 great mcafurc by the accefs which has obligingly been allowed the editor to the cabinets of the Rritilh Mufcuni, Sir Jofcph Banks, (he Hunter, late Dr now Dr Haillies, and the late Mr Lee's of mcrfmith, in one or other of which almoll named bv himfelf; Fabric! us are to Ik* found fpecu s, all the new (pccic* of while, as to the Linnxan Hie original collection of Luukcus has afforded the ful Ml and Mod moil certain information this all Ham- work may be found in of even the new infects figured in one or other of the above cabinets; and of them in the exquifite collection of Mr Francillon, tranfmittcd by Mr Abbot himfelf In the genus of Pitpi/h the editor has derived great alliftancc from his accurate and liberal friend, Mr Jones, of Chcllca, whole knowledge of that tribe is perhaps unequalled, and whole drawings are themfclvcs the original authority for many of Profcflor Fabriciuss recently puhliflicd Papi/fattcs* which were actually defcribed from thence alone Wherever anv of the works of them Fabrictus, that and infects in this there are fc\\\ it is IiojxxI have not been found out, his puloully retained, except when, as required a change neccflarily work could be detected been In many cafes it trivial will il anv, ol his names I wive 111 the among been feru- be found, weighty rcafons the terminations of his names have altered, to prevent their elalhing with thole peculiar terminations, which Linnaeus judicioully appropriated to ]x*culiar sec* dons of P/utlantF '1 bus the imperial** o( Fabrictus has been changed names ending in a/is belong fpecitie characters however have to imftratoria* regalu to regfo* becaufc only to the P&abe&B Pyralts* The not lx:en blindly adopted from either Fabrieius, or Linnams himfelf, but have all been modelled from as wide a contemplation as could obtained of Ipccies naturally akin; hence they will more full, Ik* l>c found often and perhaps more exact, than thole of Linn;eus, who knew comparatively few LrpuhpUra^ or thofe of Fabrieius, rarticulnrlv acquainted with their chiefly in cabinets* and therefore melamorplrofes, who was not knowing them wanting the great clue to a natural / 'y V3 TAB, XLVU PHALyENA POLYPHEMUS PEACOCK EMPEROR MOTH QUERCUS LO&ULATji MANY li* Mi: i SOLA SO MSS OAK< [) Attaint pct*iLnteombi aK* ftWti* rrifco-camfi* fjfcia rubnurgituli nigrieantc occlto fc- DcJiratoiliro!ugt- 95 TAB XLVIU PHAL^ENA LUNA GREEN SWALLOW-TAILED EMPEROR MOTH L1QUIDAMBAK STYRACIFLUA LINN LIQUID AMBER OX SWEET GUM Ph Alum pcftiRicornU rlingub, ali* cautbtl* pallid* ? irciitibui conrolorfbutt oorllo difd looHo iUm BunbjxLiiM £Jh Jgl At*, fife ua J^'i^r.i.ftji/i J*w.*m/ K* Oik June; another 23d June* came mil tonp but U not in boxc* or cabinets or pale green, but i* much I iliilf very plentiful March 3d, lill 'Hie Thole that come forth iWh a »-/A, mu, rt h)| Walnut* and the Per- Dp Jill May, came out 18th Oth July; and a third which did noi Ipin h continue* breeding (Jy is dilticult to in the till all prefcrve from decay fummer arc inotU y of a whitim variety of colour teem* only accidental thinner than that of the foregoing- in England different kiruU of of than fpun September G, remained in the chrylab* iiniiiiirr r «H* TUE food of lhi» fpecica b the Sweet Gum, fitton {Ditffyrot virginiatui) r>**l*tf 'Htc web The WutUntt lAnta lu* alio of ibis liccti bred ;, TAB XLVIU PHALjENA LUNA QCE0B D'HIRONDBUX L'EUPERfiUR VKBI> A MQUIDAMBAK STYRACIFIMJ LI NX Ut L1QIMDAMBAK, Ph rft/atni nc/UnkomU cJinjruif* caudatii ultidc vtrcntibus concoloribus: occKo dilci alii JumtQ* / A B IffnW Bonbn l^w CtTTE cfpctc F-*- fail E~.r«£ Ton ailment I 414 du Liouidambar, tic diirercntcs du Plaqueroinicr a large* fcODkl ( J)i«//imif virginitmit)- on it Ic 31 Mai unc coquc ct parul 1c 10 dc J ut I let: unc troificmc cnlin qui nc fc mil a bir, rcrta (bus ta