holding a pedum in his left hand; his right hand, which has been restored, expresses a mocking gesture common to this day among the lower orders in Italy, but has more probably in ancient times held a syrinx. This statue was purchased by Lord Camden, and presented by him to Mr. Towneley.—A recumbent statue of Pan, wearing the nebris, or goat-skin, and holding the pedum in his left hand. -A terminal statue of an Hermaphrodite (T. 42), holding in one hand a bird, and in the other a bunch of grapes, which it is pecking. This statue was found in 1774 in the Lake of Nemi.-A small statue of Artemis (T. 14), in the character of the three-fold Hecate, stand

Somnus.

ing and holding in her hands a key, a snake, a sword, and other emblems. This statue was dedicated by Ælius Barbarus, an imperial freedman, and originally belonged to the Giustiniani Palace at Rome. -A statue of Artemis, standing; the arms and head of the goddess, as well as the head of a dog at her side, are wanting. This statue was found at Pozzuoli, and was presented to the Museum by W. R. Hamilton, Esq.-No. 51. A statue of a youth in a Phrygian attire, wearing a cidaris, or conical cap on his head, and a tunic, anaxyrides,

T. 23.-Sleeping Youth.

Hymen.

chlamys, and shoes; it has been restored as Paris holding the apple and shepherd's crook, but is most likely Atys, one of the attendants on the god Mithra. This statue was found in 1785 on the banks of the Tiber, at a distance of about five miles from the Porta Portese, and was probably in ancient times the ornament of a villa.—A statue of Cupid, or Somnus sleeping in the lion's skin of Hercules, with the

club by his side; a lizard is visible crawling towards him.-T. 23, a statue of a sleeping youth, who wears the petasus and chlamys, and has endromides on his feet. It has been conjectured that it represents Hermes, but is more probably Endymion.-A statue of Hymen, the legs being wanting below the knees.-T. 33, a Muse wearing the sphendone, and holding a lyre in her hand.—T. 283, another figure of a Muse in terra cotta.-Two female draped figures, the head of one (T. 282) of which has been restored, and in the other is altogether deficient, and some fragments, consisting of part of a draped female, who is seated in a chair, and was formerly in the collection of the Earl of Belmore.-Another mutilated draped figure of a female.-Another, mutilated and draped, and that of a youth, and two torsos, one apparently that of a naked Apollo, with the arm above the head, and the other a torso, probably of Hermes.

V.-STATUES OF THE LATE ROMAN PERIOD.

Of this class the Museum possesses several of considerable interest, deserving separate description. Of these, the first (T. 37) we shall notice is a small statue of a Muse seated upon a rock, and playing on the lyre; she is clothed in a talaric tunic, with sleeves reaching almost to her elbows over it she wears the peplus, one end of which hangs across her shoulder, and, passing over her back, is brought round in front, and covers the lower part of her person. The Muses were frequently represented in ancient art seated upon rocks. Thus the Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, and Terpsichore, in the French collection, are so represented. The head, parts of the arms, and the lyre are restorations. On the plinth is inscribed the word ETMOTZIA (Eumusia, musical elegance and grace).

The next (T. 39) we shall mention is a small statue of Heracles, seated, like the figure last described, upon a rock, which, in this case, is partly covered by a lion's skin. He is represented as of advanced age. The arms are modern; the left rests upon the club; but the right is incorrectly restored; as, agreeably with the universal practice of the representations of this hero, this hand ought either to have rested on the rock, as on the coins of Antiochus II., or should have held a patera, as in the case of the type of Heracles on the coins of Amastris in Paphlagonia.

The next (T. 9) is a small statue of Jupiter, with the attributes of Pluto, seated upon a throne, which is furnished with arms and a high back; he is clothed in a tunic, with short sleeves, scarcely reaching to the elbow, over which is an ample peplus, with one end placed upon his left shoulder; his head is diademate, and his feet rest

on a footstool; the Cerberus placed on the right of his chair, and the eagle standing on the other side, show that this is a Pantheistic combination of two Deities in one. In the Roman period these blended types were very common. Both the arms of this figure are modern; the left has been properly restored as in the act of holding a spear, a small portion of which is still remaining. The right arm probably