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iJuly, 



Papilio Mackaoii, L., taken in Hampxhire — On May 25t]i last I caught a 

 specimen of this butterfly feasting on lilac blossom in my garden at Fern Cot- 

 tage, Lyndhurst. On first catching sight of it 1 thought I must be dreaming, 

 but having my small net for Diplera with me the matter was soon placed beyond a 

 doubt, and the insect consigned to the killing bottle. It has since struck me, 

 however, that so local a butterfly could hardly have strayed so far from its usual 

 home in the Cambridgeshire Pons without human intervention, and I should like 

 to know if any one lost or purposely turned out any specimens about the da(.e 

 mentioned. The one taken has all the appearance of having just emerged from the 

 chrysalis. — Fred. C. Adams, .50, Ashley Gardens, S.W. : Jane, 1901. 



[This opens up an interesting question. Casual specimens taken far outside 

 the limits of the distribution of the species in this country are always justly open to 

 the suspicion of being accidental or intentional escapes. But last year (1900) there 

 were evidences that to our mind sustained the idea of a small sporadic immigration, 

 although the butterfly is not geiiei'ally supposed to be migratory. So many speci- 

 mens were taken, and scattered over so largo an area, that we can olT r no other 

 explanation. — Eds.]. 



Staudingee (O.) and Rebel (H.). " Catai-og dek Lkpidopteiien des 



PALAEABCTISCHEN FaUNENGEBIETES. DkiTTE AuFLAGE DE.S CATALOGKS DER 



Lepidopteben des Europaischen Faunengebietes." 8vo. liEULiN (Fried- 

 lander und Sohn). V, 1901. 



I. Portrait of Staudinger, pp. XXX + (2) + 411 ; II. pp. (1) + 3(58. 



Heft. I. Staudinger and Rebel— PapilioniDjE — Hepialiu.k [Fannlics, 39 ; 

 subfamilies, 17; genera, 764; species, 4744]. Heft. II. Rebel — Pvhalid^ — 

 MiCROPTERYGlD^ [Families, 18 ; subfamilies, 42 ; genera, 483 ; species, 1782]. 



In the following comparison of the three editions the species in the Addenda 

 have been included, and the totals given in round numbers. Following the plan of 

 the Catalog itself, the Pyralidte are included in the Micro-Lepidopfera. 



aENERA. 



SPECIES. 



