Histoire Naturelle des Lepidopteres Georgie V1, Abbot and Smith

HISTOIRE NATUREI-LE
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LEPIDOPTERES
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LEURS CARACTERES SISTfeMATIQDES,
LBS PARTICULARITY DB LEORS DIFFfiRENTES METAMORPHOSES,

AYEG LES PLANTES QUI LBUR SERVENT D'ALIMENT.

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M JEJjV ABBOT,

OBSERVATIONS DE
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THE

HISTORY

NAT!' HAL
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DOPTEKOUS INSECTS

LEP.I

or

GEORGIA.
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THEIR SYSTEMATIC CHARACTERS.
Tin: PARTICULARS OF THEIR SEVERAL METAMORPHOSES,

AND

Till:

PLANTS OS WHICH THEY FEED.
COLLKcrrn riou

THE OBSEBFUTIOJfS OF M' JOHJV ABBOT,
HAW

YKAtft JlKUDfcpT tp

THAT CQUNTftT*

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JAMES EDWARD SMIT H,

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MISS JOHNES,
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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

ai

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,

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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, do

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


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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


IV

Accordingly he fcems by his preface to thia tribe, not

arrangement

His

to be fanguiuc about his fuccefs in it

him

great honour; and although

we admin:

divifions,

be regretted

to

him

one

at

WC do

not adopt hi* genera

this illufirious writer could not

tliat

view*, all

the fpecics

much

as

more

defective than in

any other

In

naming the new

fpecies

aflifl

In (hewing what

ufelefs.

accuracy, he

may perhaps have

of the fcicncc

may conduce

and the judgment may
appear

trilling

and

fmitlcfs.

deportment

afforded a

fame

Thefe have

for which others have contended, that

But

furely, if

be at

it

thought

l>c

confideration and

memory

who,

a fcicncc as natural hifiory

The
tion

figures in this

of every

plete

infcift,

f|>ecies

work

as

is

is

juftly

thrown a

juflified

the paradox

all

ufeful to

know one

natural

are intended to give as full a representa-

neceflary to diftinguifli them.

pany the plant upon which each
nourishment

in fo

now* become.

of both fcxes when then!

Of

dil-

names which meant nothing

Is

fpceies

The com-

any difference between them,

along with the chryfalis and caterpillar from whence

cipal,

thev

if

object from another, the memory cannot have too many helps,
vaft

prt

this

his lalxmrs will

l»een naturalifls

I

bell.

not

example dial

graee on the ftudy they purlued, and have a moil

were the

tliat

Iuml>cr of their memories, cared

about the philofophy of things*

little

To

has

editor flatters

knowledge, and that the

There have
licri)

will

little

frcflt

each other*

could hut a<1d names to the

The

information.

be done by a

to real

aflifi

[Riblication, attention

and every thing confulered

in this

to

is

publication is pcrhn|>s

laft

of the prefent

he has taken

have had before

rcfpcc>.

memory, or give any

himfclf the pains

only

It is

have placed together fuch

j>ortiblc,

to well cfiahlilhcd rules,

the

and fub-

had previoufly defcribed of each

lie

as were naturally related; for in this his

could

however do

it

his acutcnefs in characterizing (pedes.

genus, that he might, as

been paid

lalxnirs in

depends for

it

fprung, accom-

its fole,

or prin-

the Papilhncs, or Butterflies, both upper

and


under

fides arc frequently given; there being in

difference between Ihofe different puts.

Paateme or
t

Mollis. I>rar a mucli greater refcmblance to the upper*
flight

ferences renders a delineation unncceffary.
fvxr* often differ remarkably, even

timft fpecics,

cafes a grail

But as the under fides of

being generally of a paler hue only, Ionic

two

many

account of fuch dif-

In thefe however the

more than fome other

and hence they occafionally

rrrquirc to

dif-

he feparalely

exhibited.

North America* according to Mr. Abbot's obfervations, produces
a

number of

curious fpecics of infecfe, very different from thofe uf

England, mofl of them dif|>crfed through the whole country.
ihefe

the

il

appears to

Weft

|>oflcfs

fome

in

Indies; while others an;

common
more

Of

with South America and

Some

local.

fpecics agree

with Englifli ones, as a few of the Lackey, Tuflbck, and Argus

tribes.

Several caterpillars, quite different from any found in England, pro-

duce moths very

like

fome of our own, as the Dagger and Grey

Moths; while, on the other hand,
ones turn to infect* totally

diliiiifl

caterpillars

from ours,

rdembttng Englifb

as in the

genus Sphinx

and fome Phal
Georgia affords almofi every Virginian fpecics, along with many
others; yet in the

autumn

Virginia than in Georgia.

caterpillars arc

much more abundant

In the lafi-nicntioncd country

found worth while to dig for infccls in the chryfalis

many

a.

is

not

means by

curious kinds arc obtained in Europe; for Georgia is

which

fo

a very

woody country, and

In the

fiatc.

it

in

infects arc but thinly fcattercd over

funimcr many butterflies frequent wet or

dump

it.

places, in

court yards, about houfes, and at the fords of rivulets, taking delight
in

fucking mniftiirc from the ground.

There arc not many moths

to be caught in

an evening.

Several


VI

(peats of Sphhtx indeed arc met

whh

at that

time on gourd blof-

foms; and various kinds of moths occafionally fly into the houfes
towards the candle, or may Ije caught by torch light upon the blof-

of

Corns

but Ids plentifully than in England.

fruit-trees,

caterpillars fling like a nettle, railing little

Many American
bliflcrs in

the

efpccially

llciri,

hence they are in general held

when

accidentally or (lightly touched;

in great

Mr. Abbot how-

abhorrence*

any

ever obferves, that he never yet found
really

white

caterpillar that

it

was

dangerous to handle; and he has often permitted the moft

flinging kinds to

upon

fall

his hand, or into his liofoni, to the great

admiration of the negroes as well as of the white inhabitants.

The worms of

Clufcr, and

all

the Scarti&Bi referable that of the Englifli

live in

the earth.

Their bodies arc generally white,

with black or brown heads, the different
iizc.

The larva of the Ccramfyx

nearly agree in lhapc

all

Ccrambyx

ehitlla;

and Chryjhmelx

They

and colour

coriariusf

fjxreies differing chiefly

in

genus, and thofc of the Lepturx^

often immediately under the bark.
ever, of

Cock

live in

trunks of trees,

Iloth the larva

and pupa* how-

refemblc thofc of Scaralhtt*

in their early ftatcs arc

much

The

Coc*

like thofc

of

Europe.

Mr. Abl>ot defcribes as veiy curious the
lantern

fly,

fyftcmalic

and

lialf

fly,

name of
long,

Tins larva

the perfect infcA.

fliining

throughout

light

tliat

the

of the moon.

woods appear

full

is

whole body

its

of

is in

about an inch
like

It is rarely

though not very frequent in the day,

fo plentiful,

of the fmall

Vound in rotten wood; but he has not mentioned the

touch-wood, or the
the

caterpillar

phofphoric

met with; but

feme warm nights

of

fire.

Its light is

emitted by a dilatation or elongation of the abdomen,

the Alining

matter being lodged in the two
are contracted, the jnfc&

is

laft

(Jxirks

rings; fo that,

no longer luminous.

when

thofc rings


VII

The worms of the
like the Englifli ones*

dragon-fly genus arc, both in fltapc and colour,

Mod

of the different fpectes Mr. Abbot ob-

ferved to undergo their transformations throughout the wliolc fum-

mcr.

The

following

work however contains only what

of the more rare and curious Ltptdzptera.
illufirations

of thofc muft render

his farther

relates to

fome

Mr. Abbot's accurate
remarks ujxm

in fir

As

extremely definable.

.).

K.

SMITH.



PREFACE
PE

L'EDITEUB.

Atf milieu
dc

cnci:

tic*

progrcs rapides <[uc

Naturelk\

riiiftoirc

un

cullivee avee
les principes

I

depuis plulicurs annccs

fait

etude fyficmatique des

(bin particulicr.

Les botaniftcs

dc

Iiifeclcs

a etc

les plus verfes

dans

des arrangements Icicntiliqucs, ont transfcrc avecavan-

tagc CCS princi|ies dans les autrcs domaincs dc
le

la lei-

la

Nature; car tandis que

genic ctciidu ct penetrant tie Liimaois conccvoil ct fonnoit Ic plan
fa

Phihfophta Ifotamea^ fes travaux DC tendoient

rrndrc methodiquc tonic efpecc

dc

de counoitfhncc

i\

rien nioins

qu a

On

naturcllc.

ap-

les travaux zoologiqucs les principes

dc

cct ouvragc immortel, qui onl etc part iculicre men t appliques a

la

pcrcoit dans tout le cours

tribu des Infccles jsir le celcbrc Fabricius Ion difciple. dont la P/iiftr

fhhhiu

Untotmhgtca a

enfeigncr.

Tandis

fait

qti'il

epoquc dans

rang
meres dc Ton grand maitrc*

left

les richefles

maitri't

paroiJlunt

]>artage

d'un oblcrvatcur cheri.

ct

quVlle

dc

la

leur

eoimnc autrefois fous

cellc

du

(autre cas avoir etc exclulivcmciH le

foit

dans ees dcr-

temps prodigieufement pcrfcclionne, letudc pliilofophiquc de

economic ne

Ixrs fuperbes
|Kirfait

a

Nature venoicnt de tons

Mais quoiquc lordrc fyficmatique des infe^tes fe
nicrs

ell deftiuee

nouvclles phalanges fous les ban-

cotes le placer fous la main dudifciplc*

dans run

la Iciencc

[wroit pas avoir avancc

dans unc egale pro|H>rtion.

ouvniges de Clerck, dc Cramer ct d'Olivier, ct

delous, ccluideDrury, nousoftrent,

il

efl vrai.

Ic plus

rinfecle eomplet


qudquc cbofc

dans an cunt dc pcrfe&ion qui biflc

A ]* i»<'

maisoti font lcs mctamorphofcs

lefqudla ont pftfE

[xir

finies? ct oti font leurs dififrcota habitation*,

l<;

i definri

W

fonwi

» r aliment

ct

l(

mceurs? qtielqucs phalcnes ct quclqucs papillons d*Europe feukmcnl
quclqucsont etc prcfentcs an public, avee tous leur. ch&ngctntntt Ct
I'adminibte
uncs dc leurs varictcs, |>ar Harris. Wilkes, Efpcr, Emit,
Rocfcl cl rinimitablc Scppj DMUS, depuis In erlrbrr Mrrian qui
etc trcs cxacte, quel eft cclui qui a conftamiuent

obfervc ceux deft regions cloignccs de 1'Indc

Lcs matcriaux de vet ouvni^e ont ete

pr un obfervateur

M.Jean

exact,

ct

dans

rcfultat

lcs parties voifincsdc

dc

fes obfervations

dont chaquc infecte

1c

Ic*

metaniurphulcs

conrs de lcs rechcrcbcs en Gcurgic
II

il

que d'une

a accompagnc fes figures

representation, des plantCS

principle nourriture, auxqucllcs Ic trou-

Quant u tons

Ic

public en

cfi

Ics

fails

forte

dc

que

dc cc genre contenus dans

entiercment rcdcvahli-

dc cc dernier n'ayanl point etc redigecs par

ment a

ainfi

Ics

fes diffcrentes nielamorpliofcs ct d'autrcs particularitcs intc-

reflantcs.

ouvragc

a figure Ic

avee tine bcautc de pinccau el une exacti-

vent jointes pluftcurs circoufianccs relatives & Ccs irururs,

temps dc

memc

rccueillis itir le liru

rAinerique Septcntrionalc.

ainfi

fail (a

attcntivement

ct

Abljot, qui a rciide plufuurs aiinecs

tude qu'il feroit difficile dc furpailcrs ct

d'une COUrtc indication,

pU

on dc rArnrrique?

en Gcorgic, et qui, apres avoir aupannant eludic
des infoSes Angloifcs. a pourfuivi

na

\L Abbot. Lcs DOttS
hu-memc inetliodique-

;1

feflet d'etre publico** feditcur leur a
liaifon ct

at

purement donne one

d'ordrc; ct a gcncralement ajoute fes propres re-

marques, dans uu [xiragrapbe feparc ct en caraCtcrcs different* du
rcftc

dc Touvrage, ctani

lyftematiques ct des definitions, attendu

tcntc

dc

des

noms

ifa |>as

meme

d'ailleurs cnticrcnicnt rcfponfablc

que M. Abbot

trailer cct objet,

L'cxcculion de cetlc partie dc fouvragc ifeluit

Lcs cfpcccs dc

I^fruloptvrtt*

telle*

qifon

les

|xi*

voil

Tans difficultes.

dans

la

derniere


t

de Fabricuis, font

edition

dYtudc

faut pas pcu

prodigicufement nombrcufes,

li

d'obtcrvation pour parvenir a les connoilre

ct

pour ctrc en ctat dc decider

aflcz bicn,

nc

qu'il

fi

un uifc&C

CcUc

nous prefente

fc

grande

applanie par Ic librc acccs, qu'on a bicn voulu dooncr a

jxirtic

I'cditcur

trouvc panni dies ou hoik

qu'ou

parliculicr

dans !cs cabinets du Britilh Mufcum, de Sir Jofepli Banks,

de feu M. Lcc d'llammcrfmhlu ct dans
mainicnant dans

la pofleffion

do

celiii

dc feu

que

Dr. Hunter,

Ic

oh Tun Irouvcra prtfquc

Dr.Baillie,

toutcs les nuuvcllcs cfpcccs dc Fabricius nominees
landis

a etc en

cliflicultc

luMnaue;

]>ar

collection originate de Limittus a rcpandu Ic plus grand

la

jour fur les efpeecs Linnccnncs-

La

plupart dot inlcAcs

meme

nou-

vcaux, figures dans cet outrage, fc trouvent rcpandus dans les cabinets

dont

il

leclion
Ic

d'etre jxtrlc, ct tous fc rencontrcnt

vieiit

dc M.

Francillon, tranfmilc par

oenre dc Papilfo 1'cditcur
%

M.Jones dc

iicicux ami,

ment

na

M

dans VexceUentc col-

pas etc pcu aide

Cliclfca, qui

Dans

Abbot lui-nicmc*

Con cxaci cl of-

|>ar

connoU pcut*etre

plus puriuitc-

lc

ccttc tribu. ct dont les deflins font cux-ineincs Tautoritc ori*

ginalc, ]x>ur plufieurs Papilfortts nouvcllcmcnt publics

Fabricius, qui n'ont etc

en

effet decrits

du

Profcflcur

que d apres cux.

Partont ou quclques-tms des iufectes dans cet ouvragc pouYoiem

dans ceux de Fabricius,

ctrc decouvcrts
fi

toutefois

fes

il

y en a des

et

on efperc

qu'il

en

eft

pen,

parmi CUX qui n aicnt pas etc trouves,

fiens

noins iriviaux out etc Icrupulcufcuicnt conferves, cxccptc lorfquc,

ainliquon

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de

Ic vcrra,

plufieurs

CM

il

a

puiflaittes niifons cxigwirnt
etc"

quon

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ablblumcnt ncccflairc de changer

13

tcrmi*

nalfon dc Ics uoms, pour les fairc quadrer avee les tcrmmailbns

ticulieres

que Luiiucus a judictculement

particulicrcs

de Pfittime,

Aiofi

Ic

mot

attributes a des feclions
imperialis

etc change en impcratoria* celui de rcgalis

noms
rales.

finiflant

en

Ceixrndanl

adoptcs, foil

dc

atit font exclufivcmcnt

en

foil

dc Fabricius a

f£gia, |>arcc

refcrves

que

aux Phat&nst

les cara*5lcre$ fpecifiqucs n'ont |>as

Fabricius,

pr-

dc Linnxus lui-incine:

les
Pj?~

etc aveuglcmcnt

inais

lis

out etc


1

XII

eublis d'apriw line contemplation, aulfi ctendur qifelle

des eJpfecea naturcllemcnt

poor cela que

nllitVs: tVtl

(rouvcra plus exacts ct plus parfaits que ecu* de

1

on

Ibttvent

CJUS qui n'en connoilloit p:is particuliercniciit

connus thus

|>riiici|xilcincii1

fequent (hi

Unrami, qui con-

le> cabinet*, ct

pOUrparvenirA

c-flcnlicl

III

lo melamorjdioh

manquam

.,

dyatoir

arrangement nature!- Aufli,

1111

et, quoiquc

mirons

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reufli.

la

nous n adoptions pas

fagacitc avee Iauurllc

que

mciit h rcgrcttcr

un

feul point

deerilcs de cliaqui

Ics

de vuc, routes
lire,

i:

genre*

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ffir

bcaucoupd'honnctir;

nous ad-

ct ic> fubdivilions,

illufirc ccrivain

ect

1

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a caraclerilc les rljiecrs*

il

lr

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nait pu avoir devaut

lui,

efpeccs qtfil avoit aupanivaut

les

pouvoir, autanl qtfil etoil p alible,

placer enfcintilc tonics eel les qui eioient nntiircllcmeiit :dliccs; car la

dennerc edition

ell

pcul-etrc plus dcTcCiucufc

en cc point qifen

tout

autre.

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a

fait

les

nonvclles cf|>cccs contcnucs dans cet ouviagc,

qui pouvoit aider
pclflGSf qu'il s'eft

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inutilcs.

la

memoire ou

donnccs 4 cc

iuftruire.

fujet,

montratit cc qif il eft

attention ct avec de I'exaditudc,

moyen de prouver que
fcrvir ii rinftru&iort, ct
tcr
et

un mutucl
pcu

utiles.

fent de*

ne

L'cditeur le tlatte

feront pas confidents

|>ofliblc

de

fairc.

lr>

eomme

un DOUVCau

la

memoire

ct le

jugement pcuvent

fe prc-

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y a cu des naturoltfles qui, pourvu qu ils ajoutaf& lamas confus et (telle que reecluit leur memoire,
II

mm

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du

I

difcrcdil fur

de

la pbilofopliie

etude a bquelle

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des ck&fes*

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out

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sadonnuienl, cl prefque

paradoxc que dautres unt foulenu, (avoir* que

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que

a faidc dc quelquc

a pcut-ctre founii

il

tout ce

ccite jKirtic dc la fcicncc pcut eflieaccment

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fecours,

s'cmbamlibient

lc

on a eu egard a

attention anx regies bicn clablies, ct

on

lea

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jutiific

qui nc lig-

il

efl

jamais


dc diOingucr un nhjet nature! d'un autrct on ne pent employer

utile

trap dc
I

moyens

d'afllftcr la

devenue dc no* jours

ell

memoirc, dans one fcicocc

riuftoirc natorellc-

Lcs figures dans eel ouvragc font dcfiin£c3
aufli |>arfaiteincnt qu'il

la ehrylalide et la chenille

il

d\>n

A chaquc efpece d'uniquc

[rii

frequemment

Ic

*i

rcpr&entcr

y a cntr*eux quclquc
il

cfpeces

lcs

cloh ncccflairc pour lcs difiingucr.

dcK deux fexes, quand

p;tiiaii

que

aufli vafic

L'infcclc

difference, avec

provient* accoinpagnc la plantc qui

ou de

principal aliment.

On

a figure

dcifus ct Ic defibus des Papiliwies ou Papilfans <\c

jour;

y ayant fouvent cntrc Tun ct lau t re une graudc difference.

Mais

eomme

Ic

deffbus des

PhaLcmc ou

papillons de nuit reflemblc

Ijcaueoup plus au deflus, a ccla prcs qu'en general
pins foible,
inutile

la

unc courtc mention de ces

representation-

deux (exes

fairc

dc

les figurcr

d'unc tciutc

differences rend abfolumcnt

arrive ncamnoiiis affez fouvent

notablement,

different

cfpcccs diftincles, el

II

cl!

il

e eft pour ccla que quelqucfois on a juge

nceef-

feparcment.

nombre d'efpetes d'infc&cs curicux,

lui eft

commune

M. Abbot,

trcs clificrcns

d'Anglctcrrc, cl pour la plupart rcpandus dans tout le

qifunc partie

Its

nicmc plus que quelques autrcs

1/AmeriqucScptcntrionalc, d'apres lcs obfervations de
produit

que

pay&

dc ceux
II

paroh

avec I'Amerique Mcridionale et

les

Indes Occidcntalcs; tandisquc 1'autrc a|>|Kirlient plus particulicrcmcnt
a ccttc contrce.

Quelques efpeecs rcffemblent a

ccllcs d'Anylclerre,

Ton flu

tcllcs

que quelques- uncs des

gus.

Ccrtaincs chenilles cntiercnient diflcrcutcs de cclles qu'on ren-

contre en Angleterrc,

tribus Ic Laquais,

dnnnmt

Ic

des

nfitrcs, aiiili

que

tels

que

les phalenes le

autre cole des chenilles qui rtf-

|>ays naiflcnt

des infecles tout-n-fuiL diflcrens

que nous

qitelqUCS Phtllctbt.

TAr-

un

Gris; tandis

femblcnt a cclles de cc

ct

des plialcncs qui ont bien des traits

dc rcflcinblanee avec pluficurs des notrcs,
Poignard ct

le

Ic

cl

voyons dans

Ic

genre Sphinx et dan*


XIV
La Gcorgic fournit prcfquc routes les cfpcccs dc Virgmic ct quclqucs
SBtrcs dr |>ltts* ncanmoins dans Tautonmc Ics chenilles font bcaucoup
plus

communes en

fcroit

unc peine infniAucufe que de ereufer pour chcrchcr des

dc

procurer tanl defpeces curicufes; car la Gcorgic

fc

infc&cs

et Ics

Ixiis.

y

on

Ics

pompcr

riuiniiditc

de

la tern:*

v a pcu de plialcnes qu'on puiflc prendre fur Ic

conire alors,

on voh quelquefois

gourdes* el

dans Irs maifons vers
d'un flambeau
multiplies

pluficurs cfpcccs

eft vrai,

il

humides ou

trouve dans les cours. pros des ruaifbns ct aux gucs

des ruiflcaux, prcrtant plaifir a

II

un pays

eft

font claiMcnics,

I5ans Ictc plullcurs papillons frequcntcnt Ics endroits

;i
infcclcs

inoycn cflicacemcnt employe en Europe

dans Tctat de chrylalide,

pour

IXins cc demier pays cc

Virginic qucri Gcorgic,

la

de Sp/ihtx fur

diflrrcnlcs cfpcccs

lumicrc;

on

Ics

rcn-

ftcurs

de

de nhalcncs volcr

petit aufli Ics attrapcr a

maU

fur Ics flcurs des arbrcs fruitier*;

quYn

On

loir-

Us

y

font

I

aide

moins

Angleicrrc-

Pluficurs chenilles Aincricaiiics piqucnt

coinmc

fcroit

unc

ortie, ct

dc ccttc piqure s'clcvcnt des pctltcs nimcurs blanches fur la pcau,
furtout

quand on

pourquoi ou

Ics

moins obferve

vicnt A les toucher par bafard ou legcrcmcnt; e'eft

a gcnernlcmcnt en grandc Ijorrcur.

qu'il n'a

jamais rencontre de chenilles

ment dangercux de toucher,

ou dan*

foil

de* negpes

ct

il

a fouvent

laifle

fcin Ics cfpcccs qui piquoicnt Ic plus,
ainfi

M. Abbot ncanqu'il flit

rctllc-

tomlx-r fur fa main

au grand clonncmcnt

que des blancs de ccttc contrcc.

Les vers des Scarakci reflcmblcnt A eclui dn hanneton Anglois,
ct tous vivent

noire
tulle,

on brune,
Itfs larva;

a pcu prcs dc

9.

K

en

la

tcrrc.

lis

ont generalcmcnt

le

corps blanc ct la tcte

Ics divcrics cfpcccs diflcnuu principtlcment
par la

du genre CcrambLx

meme

forme ct de

ct celles
la

meme

du Zdptur*
coulcur.

font toutca

EIK

viveni


XV
dans

ilcs

larva ct

hfittfia

n&nmoinsdu Cerambix coriarim,

des ScamlKti

Ixs

ctats reflciublciit

M. Abbot

CoccittelU* ct

eft

rctiemblcni

ChryfomelU dans leurs

;*«

La

cellos

prcr
"fillers

bcaucoup a ecus
decrit

commc

mouche portolanterae
fait

foment immediatcmuit Tons Icconxr.

troncs d'arbns,

trcs curicufc

trouvec dans

du

la

chenille dc la petite

bois pourri; mais

mention du uom fyftcmauque de finfcclc

il

tia point

Ccttc

parfait,

hrva

longuc d'environ un poucv ct demi, ct tout fon corps rcpand one

clarte partille a ccllc

tune.

On

la

foit |xts trcs

du bois pourri

pliofplioriquc,

rencontre rarcment; mais

commune

pendant

ou a

ccllc

dc

mouche, quoiqu'elle nc

la

lc jour, paroit

en

fi

grandc abondancc

dans ccrtaines nulls cliaudcs, que

lis bois

cdJcado

occnfionncc |*ar une dilatation

feu-

Gctte Imuicre

cxpanllondc lalxlomcn,

la

ell

la

paroiuent couvcrts d'etin-

ou

maticre luifantc fc Irouvanl logtVdans les

deux dcrnicrs anneaux- de maniere que, quand ccs deux aimeaux
viennent 3

fc

com rafter,

Lcs vers du genre dc

Hnlcftc nc ripand plus dc lumierc

la

deiuOifeUe font, ct pour la forme ct pour

la

coulcur, fcmbtablcs

la

plupart dc* cfprces differences Atbiflcnt leurs transformations du*

rant tout lc court

ii

ecus dWngletcrre.

M- Abbot

:x

obferve que

dc Pete,

L'ouvragc fuivant ncanmoins. contient fculemcnt ce qui a rapport
a quclqucs-uns des Ltpidoptcra les plus rarcs ct Ics plus curieux.
defcriptions cxaftes

dc M. Abbot doivent rendre

rictircs fur Ics infeftes

cxtremcmciit inlercflanlcs.

fes

rcmarqucs

Let
ultc-


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