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entomologically, that the publications of this active little society is 

 just as interesting to us as to the members themselves. Indeed, for 

 that increasing- army of British lepidopterists who do most of their 

 collecting in the Alps of Central Europe, the BidUtin of the Geneva 

 lepidopterists is as necessary as our own British magazines, and we would 

 invite those who have not yet joined the Society, to put themselves 

 into communication with that prince of Swiss entomologists, the editor 

 of the liiilletiii, Prof. C. Blachier, 11, Tranchee de Rive, Geneva, or to 

 the Honorary Life-President, to whom the foundation of the Society is 

 due, and to whom the President in his address pays a high compliment, 

 Mr. P. A. H. Muschamp, F.E.S., Staefa, Zurich, either of whom will 

 be pleased to give every information as to membership. 



Of the contents of this part we cannot speak too highly. The 

 energetic President, our valued correspondent and helper, Dr. .J. L. 

 Reverdin, is responsible for three papers — " Li/caena corydon var. 

 cnn^tanti,'" "Note on the ^ genital armature of some Pala^arctic 

 Hesperiines," and " Aberrations of Lepidoptera." Professor Blachier 

 is responsible for one paper, "New Varieties and Aberrations of 

 Palcfarctic Lepidoptera." Mr. J. .Jullien writes on " Enterpia Iniideti, 

 Rbr.," and Mr. C. Lacreuze, "Observations on the Hesperiines of 

 Switzerland." The papers are illustrated by seven very fine and 

 beautiful coloured and half-tone plates. 



The paper of greatest interest to collectors of European Rhopalocera 

 is that of Dr. Reverdin on " The J' genital armature of the Hesperiines." 

 The difficulty of separating the Hesperiines of the alreus group is well- 

 known to every lepidopterist. Dr. Reverdin is able, by the J genital 

 armature, to distinguish specifically H('fi])eria alrena, Hb., ti. cariinoe, 

 Rbr., H. onopordi, Rbr., H. fritillnm, Rbr., and H. serrotidae, all of 

 which, except the last, stand in almost all our collections as forms of 

 H. alvetis. The spci/eri of Staudinger is considered an ab. of H. alveus 

 and cirsii, Rbr., and iberica, Gr.-Gr., as abs. of H. catiinae. Mr. 

 Lacreuze's well-illustrated paper on " The Hesperiines of Switzerland" 

 may be looked upon as supplementary to Dr. Reverdin's, and with 

 these two papers some considerable headway may be made in deter- 

 mining the species found in the Alps of Central Europe. 



With pt. 1 of vol. ii of the Bulletin, the first part of the "Catalogue 

 of the Lepidoptera of the Geneva district" (with map) is also published. 

 This is an excellent list, well edited, and gives a first class idea of the 

 extent of the fauna of this prolific district, including as it does part of 

 Haute-Savoie and part of the Jura. The only objection we have to 

 the list is the fact that, although the editors are, perhaps, better able 

 than any other European lepidopterists to judge as to the validity of, 

 and, therefore, give effect to their knowledge of, the natural genera into 

 which the butterflies fall, yet, they have followed the often hopeless 

 and absurd divisions, mis-called genera, of the Staudingerian Cataloi/ 

 of 1901, many of which have been the butt of all advanced systematists 

 ever since its issue. 



Do the editors really believe, in spite of all the detailed information 

 to the contrary, that teliranutt belongs to the same genus fMiniddea as 

 that in which hnetirns is placed (see A Xat. Hist. Brit. BiitterfUes, ii., 

 p. 331), and where Bethune-Baker is quoted as saying that " Boetieua 

 stands quite alone so far as Staudinger's genus is concerned, and is thft 



