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Species General des Lepidopteres. Par M. Boisd-ttval et Gcenee. Tome IX. 

 Uranides et PhaUnites. Par M. A. Guenee. Tome I. 



At length we have an instalment of the long-expected work on the 

 Geometridce, by 3VL Guenee. The first volume, and the two livraisons of 

 plates for both volumes are before us, and we hasten to give a short resume" 

 of M. GueneYs arrangement. 



The Uraniles are a small section of Lepidoptera, chiefly exotic, having a 

 general contour much like our Swallow-tails ; and M. Guenee places them 

 between the Pyralites and the Geometrce — simply because he can find no 

 better place for them. 



The Phalenites or Geometrce of Linnaeus, occupy the rest of the present 

 volume and that which is to come. The first family in M. Guenee's arrange- 

 ment is the Ubapteridje; and V. sambucata, the type of the genus Urapteryx, 

 will henceforth occupy the first place in our collections of Geometridce. Then 

 follows the second family, Ennomid;e, the British genera of which are 1. — 

 Epione, in which the Linnaean name of Vespertaria is substituted for Par- 

 allelaria, W. V. 2. — Rumia. 3. — Venilia. 4. — Angerona. 5. — Metrocampa. 

 6. — Ellopia. 7. — Eurymene. 8. — Pericallia. 9. — Selenia., Hub., which now 

 includes Illunaria, Lunaria, and Illustraria. 10. — Odontopera. 11. — Crocallis, 

 which includes a species from Van Dieman's Land, called Newmannaria, 

 after Mr. E. Newman. 12. — Ennomos. 13. — Himera. 



The family Amphidasyd^e includes, 1. — Phigalia. 2. — Nyssia. 3. — Biston, 

 which only contains P. hirtaria and its varieties. 4. — Amphidasis, containing 

 Prodromaria and Betularia. 



The family Boaemiele includes 1. — HemeropJiila. 2. — Cleora. 3. — Boar- 

 mia. 4. — Tephrosia. 5. — Gvophos, the typical species of this genus is G. 

 obscurata, which includes our G. pallaria. 6. — Dasydia. 7. — Psodos. 8. — 

 Mniophila, (Tephrosia of Hub.) 



The small family of BoletobiDjE, containing only three genera, has one 

 British genus, Boletobia, and one British representative, B.fuliginaria. 



The family Geometeidje contains: 1. — Pseudoterpna, (Remithea of Dup. 

 and H. D's catalogue.) 2. — Geometra, containing Papilionaria and Smarag- 

 daria. 3. — Nemoria, containing C. viridata of H. D's catalogue. 4. — Iodis, 

 containing Vernaria and JEruginaria under the Linnaean name of Lactearia. 

 — Phorodesma. 6. — Hemithea, in which, under the name of H. thymiaria, 

 Alb., we find our C. astivaria, 



The family Ephtbidje contains Ephyra; and the last family in the vol- 

 ume, the AciDALiDiE, contains 1. — Hyria. 2. — Asthena, in which we find A. 

 luteata, candidata, sylvata, and blomeraria. 3. — Eupisteria. 4. — Venusa, in 

 which, under the name of V. cambricaria, we find our Coremia erutaria. 

 5. — Aeidalia. 



The plates are exceedingly well done, but as they represent the types of 

 the Geometridce of the world, of course our little island has not many re- 

 presentatives. In the larva? we have our full share, viz., E.fuscantaria, and 



