280 f Jiay. 187S 



Ground colour of the dorsal siirface and head a rery pale slaty-olive ; a dull 

 olive stripe extends throughout the centre of the dorsal area, and encloses within it 

 a very fine interrupted pale medio-dorsal line ; this olive stripe, however, is much 

 darker on the last three segments than on any of the others ; there is a pale yellowish, 

 not very well defined, line along the sub-dorsal area, but there are no perceptible 

 spiracular lines ; spiracles distinct, black. Ventral surface uniformly of a pretty very 

 pale slaty-blue colour. The pupa is nearly half an inch long, smooth and polished, 

 tolerably cylindrical, but attenuated towards the anal point ; compai'cd with the 

 larva it is very stout. 



Ground colour of the dorsal surface pale brown ; head and segmental divisions 

 chocolate-brown ; wing-cases yellowish-green ; the anal tip brown. The images be- 

 gan to emerge July 23rd. — Geo. T. Porbitt, Highroyd House, Huddersfield : April 

 lOtk, 1878. 



" The first Oreat National Entomological Exhibition.'^ — Concerning the late 

 "National Exhibition" I heartily approve of the Editorial remarks in the last num- 

 ber of E. M. M. The fact alone of calling the Exhibition " National " sufficed to 

 deter mo from sending my collections when solicited to do so in the invitation I 

 received. Again, the place of exhibition, redolent of mountebanks and acrobats, 

 should surely have warned one, that notoriety is not an equivalent to loss of self- 

 respect. — Geo. Noeman, Ben Khydding : April, 1878. 



Icirinu. 



EuEOPEAN Butterflies and Moths, Part I, by W. F. Kirby ; based upon 

 Berge's Schmetterlings-Buch. Cassell, Better, & Galpin. 4to. 1878. 



In this work it appears to be in contemplation to give one 4to coloured plate 

 in each part (Part I also contains an additional plate of anatomical diagrams). 

 That in this first part contains figures of three species of Papilio (with larvae, &c.), 

 one of Doritis and two of Thais. If the same degree of excellence be maintained 

 the illustrations will leave little to be desired, and the work will be a marvel of 

 cheapness. The descriptive text is well written although brief. In the anatomical 

 introductory remarks we think Mr. Kirby has overstepped liimself. Alluding to 

 Articulata generally we read that " they breathe by trachea3 when they Live in air, 

 " and by gills when they live in water." This conveys a wrong impression. All 

 true insects breathe by means of trachea), as is stated by the autlior in the succeeding 

 paragraph ; the distinction sought to be given should have been expressed by the 

 terms " stigmata " (or spiracles) and " branchiae " (or gills) ; but even then the 

 words would be misleading, for probably as many aquatic insects possess stigmata as 

 branchiae, and some both. Concerning Butterflies we read that " the pupae are sus- 

 "peuded by the tail and are often fastened by a girth round the body as well"; the term 

 "suspended" can only apply rigidly to the NyiiqihalidcB. 



The general excellence of the work is such that we heartily recommend it. 

 Any attempt to break up the insular prejudices of exclusively "British" collectors 

 is a step in the right direction, and we sincerely hope the enterpi-ising publishers will 

 not find these too strong for them. 



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