. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Bui! Br Mm. Niir Hisi (hist. Sc-r ) 17( 1) I-Ih5 Issued 25 May 1989 Notes on Insects, 1692 & 1695 By Charles duBois Edited with an introduction b\ L. JESSOP Department of Entomologv, British Museum of Natural Cromwell Road. London 'SW7 5BD CONTENTS Introduction 1. .®'!^/?".'SH. MUSLUM Life of Charles duBois f. ...l>l*J!'!'.'!. 'jl VP/;ri Notes on the Manuscript | "a-Hi*-! Further Reading j .!vW.!.9,6v. References i ;cf-^M^ââ.. Appendix (duBois correspondence); . i .,. ^-^^y. i;u"-A-e,'.- Facsimile and Trans
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Bui! Br Mm. Niir Hisi (hist. Sc-r ) 17( 1) I-Ih5 Issued 25 May 1989 Notes on Insects, 1692 & 1695 By Charles duBois Edited with an introduction b\ L. JESSOP Department of Entomologv, British Museum of Natural Cromwell Road. London 'SW7 5BD CONTENTS Introduction 1. .®'!^/?".'SH. MUSLUM Life of Charles duBois f. ...l>l*J!'!'.'!. 'jl VP/;ri Notes on the Manuscript | "a-Hi*-! Further Reading j .!vW.!.9,6v. References i ;cf-^M^ââ.. Appendix (duBois correspondence); . i .,. ^-^^y. i;u"-A-e,'.- Facsimile and Transcription of the "â â ^â â f-npt "' . â JUlrj, X. 1 2 13 21 21 23 29 INTRODUCTION Entomology in the seventeenth century is most commonly exemplified in the modern mind by Mouffet's Theater of Insects. That work, with its wealth of superstitions and ridiculous remedies, provides a strong reinforcement of modern prejudices about the inadequacies of past scientists, yet in reality it is atypical of the entomological scene of the times when it was published. When both manuscripts and serious published works of the period are examined, what is constantly surprising is the straightforward, common- sense approach of most of the naturalists of the time: John Ray, for instance, wnMe to Hans Sloane in April 1699 (teste Lankester, 1898) The most I have done is in observing the generation and transmutations of the papilionaceous tribe, of which I have found at least 2IH1 species near my own habitation, necdum finitae, every year bringing new ones to my knowledge. Of these, as many as I could get the eggs or caterpillars of, 1 have fed and endeavoured to brmg to their changes, though I have failed in many. This hath taken me up no small time and pains. Apart from the archaic language, these sentences may well have been written by a naturalist of the late twentieth century. The notebook reproduced here belongs to the tradition of John Ray rather than Thomas Mouffet. It is t
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