entered. This room has been copied, both in style and decoration, from
the _stanza nera_ of the House of the Bronzes. Opposite the window is a
pleasing group of Cupid and Psyche, her drapery is purple and blue, and
the wings purple. The picture opposite door represents three Cupids and
Psyche surrounding a peacock. In this bird we recognise the favourite of
Juno, and the Cupids appear to be feeding it, but the meaning of the
subject is very vague. It has been engraved in the Mus. Bor., vol. xi.,
tav. 15. Thus we have completed the circuit of the atrium and its
smaller chambers; we propose to pass into the less public parts of the
house by the left hand fauces, No. 7.
PERISTYLE.