The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
BUTTERFLIES FROM ANT1poDEs.
Wonderful Collection of Golden
Barred Beauties From Every Land.
From the Ne,o York Graphic

a " Oi-ICt1ul COll0CUlOu Vi
Barred Beauties From Every Land.
From the Ne,o York Graphic
There is now at the Eden Musee an en-
tirely novel exhibition. 1t is of butterflies.
There are 257 cases Of butterflies and moths,
each containing from dozens to hundreds of
the insects, according to their size. No dis
play of flowers ever showed more varied
splendor of color, and their beauty and va
riety of form is scarcely less.
The collection is the result of sixteen
years devotion to the subject by Mr.. Neu-
woegeu, the owner,
From every part of the globe where hui
man foot has ever trodden have come these
thousands of brilliant forms. Here are repre-
sentatives Of this kingly tribe of insects
from the Arctic shores of Smiths Sound to
the extremity of Tasmania, from the peaks
of Thibet TO the groves of the Yosemite
Valley.
If some of these cleaning adventurers of
the air could speak we should have new
revelations about the woes and glories of
the Livingstone, Stanley and Greedy expe-
ditions, for each of them brought treasures
TO enrich this collection
Others shared, so to speak, in the hersc
struggles of such Swans as Bates, Wallace
Count d'Al5ertis, Prof. Pogge, Lieut. Wiss
man and Maj. Mechow.
Still others were the fruit of ill-starred
Prof. Pogge After years of toll he had
successfully crossed the Dark Continea,
from Zanzibar to the west coast, bring ne
with him number Of marvels in the shape
of new genera i'll all classes of animals, when
the treacherous fever feled him at Loango
few days before his return to Europe His
faithful native servants brought his treas
ureS to the Berlin Museum, from whom Mr.
Neuwoegen received his part, as he for
years has taken part in all prominent
scientific expeditions.
Superb as is the collection now and well
known, and admired as it is among entomo-
logical celebrities such as Prof. Riley.
United States Chief Entomologist: Prof
Agassiz, Prof. Lentner, Now York Stale
Entomologist, it is by no means considered
completed Its owner concluded only three
months ago contract with one Of the most
skilled professionals of the day for thre.
years collecting trip. Starting from Bornec
this explorer was to be in January in
Penang, month later in Zenasserim, and
from there he was to so to British Burmah
He will then cross the Gulf of Bengal
travel northwards through India, by way
Of the Likkim passes into Thibet, returning
through Burmah, siam and Cambo1ia to
Borneo, Lundas and Mouccas So we soc
the day Of heroic pilgrimage is not vet
passed, and butterflies are one of their OBJ
jects. Let us hope that this knight of the
net will return safe and laden with the
fruits of his perilous enterprise to gladden.
the hearts of his fellow scie ltists
The butterfly collector, like the biblio-
maniac or the antiquarian, sees all the
world revolve around his hobby, and, in
truth, there is far more of interest, variety
and beauty in it than the world at large
realizes.
Wallace, the great naturalist, wrote of
the capture of specimen of the O. Crhesus
During my first walk into the forest at
Batchlan, | saw sitting on leaf out of
reach an immense butterfly of dark color.
with white and yellow spots. | saw al
once that it was new species of O., the
pride of the Eastern tropics. / was fortu-
nate enough to secure it. The beauty and
brilliancy Of this insect are indeScrihable
and none but a naturalist can understand
the intense excitement | experienced. On
taking it out of the net and opening its
glorious wings, my heart began TO beat
vi lently, the blood rushed TO my head and
felt much more like fainting than | had
done when in apprehension of immediate
death had headache the rest of the
day, so great was my excitement" This
species is shown in box No. ..
In box No. il the rarest specimen of the
collection. Only three are known to exist
in collections. This one here, one in tho
Museum Godeffray of Hamburg, and one
in the museum of Goldman 81 Salvin, Lon
don. No money value can be affixed 10 it
1t is priceless.
There is quite a history connected with
this one. A young and dashng collector
named Ribbe was hunting on the Island of
Aru. When passing group of large trees
he noticed queer butterfly, entirely new
to science, circling about "a bunch of bios
SONS that grew near, the top of one Of the
highest tress. He stood watching it for two
hours, hoping it would, come within reach of
his not Then he decided to force matters
An hour of chopping staggered the tree
Then it was pulled gradually to the ground
The butterfly followed the blossoms, and
was caught within six feet OF the ground.
There are butterflies here six inches from
tip to tip, and with big bodies covered with
visible feathery feathers
In box 1876 is the Euioxula D'Urvilli. Of
New South W ales, whose larva is eaten by
the natives and considered most epicurean
bonnie bOuche, and why should il not he}
What food could he more poeticall Ii has
IA delicate aromatic flavor.
In one case arc exquisite little butterflies
in all shades CT lavender and delicate mr.
pies, looking for tie worli like violets
turned into butterflies. In another they
are larger, more velvety and varied. with
yellow and brown markings aud are like
panses, only that 40 pansy was ever quite
such n brilliant purple as some of these
Another yet is in an the splendid reds and
yelows of autumn leaves
One superb family rs big as the palm of n
mans hand are absolutely ike mother-of.
pearl.
Solomon can now be revenged-the lilies
of the field in all their glory were never ar
rayed like one of these.